Extending Ourselves

Computational Science, Empiricism, and Scientific Method

• Author(s): Paul Humphreys,
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 172
• ISBN_10: 0195313291
  ISBN_13: 9780195313291
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Philosophy / Epistemology , Science / Physics / General , Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects ,

Description:... Computational methods have become the dominant technique in many areas of science. This book contains the first systematic philosophical account of these new methods and their consequences for scientific method. This book will be of interest to philosophers of science and to anyone interested in the role played by computers in modern science.