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Posts Tagged ‘Philosophy of Science’

Software Intensive Science

By John | January 20, 2014 | 14,026

Software Intensive Science Under Review

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Special Sciences and the Unity of Science

By John | April 26, 2013 | 9,141

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What is a Model, Why People Don’t Trust Them, and Why They Should. In Negotiating Our Future: Living scenarios for Australia to 2050, Australian Academy of Science (with Boschetti F, Fulton E.A., Bradbury, R.H.)

By John | November 18, 2012 | 9,954

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How Computational Models Predict the Behavior of Complex Systems, in ‘Foundations of Science’, 2012 (with Fabio Boschetti)

By John | November 18, 2012 | 10,079

  FREE ACCESS TO THE PUBLISHER’S COPY Publisher’s link Penultimate version  

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Novel Properties Generated by Interacting Computational Systems (with Fabio Boschetti) in “Complex Systems” vol. 20, 2 pp 151-164 (2011)

By John | May 29, 2011 | 18,207

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‘Limiting Skepticism’ (with Vincent Hendricks) LOGOS & EPISTEME II, 2 (2011): 211–224

By John | May 29, 2011 | 11,590

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Philosophy of Physics: 5+1 Questions

By John | May 29, 2010 | 9,699
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“The Individuality of Organisms and Artifacts” History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences Vol. 32, no. 2-3, 233-47, 2010

By John | January 29, 2010 | 8,908

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Otto Neurath and the Unity of Science

By John | May 28, 2009 | 9,158
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Computational Models of Emergent Properties in “Minds & Machines” (2008) 18:475–491

By John | May 29, 2008 | 9,299

Computational models fail to shed light on general metaphysical questions concerning the nature of emergence. At the same time, they may provide plausible explanations of particular cases of emergence. This paper outlines the kinds of modest explanations to which computational models are suited. Read more here: Computational Models of Emergent Properties

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