Computational Modeling as a Philosophical Methodology

In Luciano Floridi, The Blackwell guide to the philosophy of computing and information. Blackwell. pp. 337–349 (2003)
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Since the sixties, computational modeling has become increasingly important in both the physical and the social sciences, particularly in physics, theoretical biology, sociology, and economics. Sine the eighties, philosophers too have begun to apply computational modeling to questions in logic, epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, philosophy of biology, ethics, and social and political philosophy. This chapter analyzes a selection of interesting examples in some of those areas.

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