Simulating Science : Computer Simulations As Scientific Instruments

• Autore: Alvarado Ramón
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (167 pages)
• Disciplina: 501.13
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Instruments of Futures Past -- 1.1 Galileo, Kepler and the Telescope in Science -- 1.2 The Electronic Oracle and Computer Simulations -- 1.3 The Philosophy of Computer Simulations -- References -- Chapter 2: Computer Simulations in Science -- 2.1 Equation-Based Simulations -- 2.2 Agent-Based Simulations -- 2.3 Supercomputing and Simulations -- 2.4 Machine Learning and Simulations -- References -- Chapter 3: The Rise of a Dichotomy -- 3.1 Establishing the Dichotomy -- 3.2 Somewhere In-between Model and Experiment -- 3.3 Experimental Models, Modeling Experiments and Simulating Science -- 3.4 Simulating Experiments -- 3.5 The Pipeline -- References -- Chapter 4: The Via Negativa: Computer Simulations as Distinct -- 4.1 Simply Distinct -- 4.2 Distinct from the Context in Which They Are Deployed -- 4.3 Functionally Distinct: They Do Different Things or They Do Things Differently -- 4.4 How Distinct, Really? An Objection -- References -- Chapter 5: Technical Artifacts, Instruments and a Working Definition for Computer Simulations -- 5.1 Defining Instruments -- 5.2 Defining Scientific Instruments -- 5.3 Taking Stock and Defining Computer Simulations -- References -- Chapter 6: Hybrid All the Way Down -- 6.1 A False Dichotomy: The In-betweenness of Computer Simulations Explained -- 6.2 Hybridity and Functional Novelty -- 6.3 Other Instrument Taxonomies -- References -- Chapter 7: Implications of the Instruments View of Computer Simulation -- 7.1 Epistemic Entitlements and Computer Simulations -- 7.2 Transparent Conveyers, Expert Testimony and Computer Simulations -- 7.3 Computer Simulations Are Not Transparent Conveyers -- 7.4 Warrants for One Thing Are Not Necessarily Warrants for Another -- 7.5 Computer Simulations Are Not Themselves Sources of Expert Testimony. ; 7.6 Epistemic Technologies, Epistemic Trust and Epistemic Opacity -- 7.7 Scientific Inquiry Versus Everyday Epistemic Practices -- References -- Chapter 8: Conclusion -- References -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Simulating Science
• ISBN: 3-031-38647-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910742482603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Synthese Library