Philosophy and simulation : the emergence of synthetic reason / / Manuel DeLanda

• Autore: De Landa Manuel
• Pubblicazione: London, England : , : Bloomsbury, , [2011]; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 116
• Soggetto topico: Emergence (Philosophy)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-221) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: emergence in history -- The storm in the computer -- Cellular automata and patterns of flow -- Artificial chemistries and the prebiotic soup -- Genetic algorithms and the prebiotic soup -- Genetic algorithms and ancient organisms -- Neural nets and insect intelligence -- Neural nets and mammalian memory -- Multiagents and primate strategies -- Multiagents and stone age economics -- Multiagents and primitive language -- Multiagents and archaic states -- Appendix: links to assemblage theory.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this groundbreaking new book, Manuel Delanda analyzes all the different genres of simulation (from cellular automata and genetic algorithms to neural nets and multi-agent systems) as a means to conceptualize the possibility spaces associated with causal (and other) capacities. Simulations allow us to stage actual interactions among a population of agents and to observe the emergent wholes that result from those interactions. Simulations have become as important as mathematical models in theoretical science. As computer power and memory have become cheaper they have migrated to the desktop,
• Titolo autorizzato: Philosophy and simulation
• ISBN: 1-4411-0728-2; 1-283-12271-5; 9786613122711; 1-4411-4459-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460112703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II