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Extending Ourselves

Computational Science, Empiricism, and Scientific Method

Paul Humphreys author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:12th Aug '04

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The first part of this book is an exploration of the ways in which computationally assisted science is fundamentally reshaping science. The second part provides a new account of empiricism suitable for contemporary science, whose purpose is to reconcile a modest but selective scientific realism with scientific empiricism - two approaches long opposed to one another.

... many of the issues raised here are important and deserving of the attention the author pays to them. * CHOICE *
This book is an excellent philosophical appraisal of the roles played by computers in modern science...an excellent philosophical discussion of the role of computational models in physics. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *

ISBN: 9780195158700

Dimensions: 243mm x 165mm x 19mm

Weight: 431g

182 pages