Philosophy and Simulation

The Emergence of Synthetic Reason

Professor Manuel DeLanda (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

2019
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-09678-3 (ISBN)

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In this groundbreaking book, Manuel DeLanda analyzes different genres of simulation, from cellular automata and generic algorithms to neural nets and multi-agent systems, as a means to conceptualize the space of possibilities associated with casual and other capacities.

This remarkably clear philosophical discussion of a rapidly growing field, from a thinker at the forefront of research at the interface of science and the humanities, is a must-read for anyone interested in the philosophies of technology, emergence and science at all levels.

Manuel DeLanda is a distinguished writer, artist and philosopher. He began his career in experimental film, later becoming a computer artist and programmer. He is Professor of Philosophy in the Architecture departments at Princeton University and University of Pennsylvania, and the Gilles Deleuze Chair and Professor of Philosophy at the European Graduate School.

Introduction: Emergence in History
1. The Storm in the Computer
2. Cellular Automata and Patterns of Flow
3. Artificial Chemistries and the Prebiotic Soup
4. Genetic Algorithms and the Prebiotic Soup
5. Genetic Algorithms and Ancient Organisms
6. Neural Nets and Insect Intelligence
7. Neural Nets and Mammalian Memory
8. Multiagents and Primate Strategies
9. Multiagents and Stone Age Economics
10. Multiagents and Primitive Language
11. Multiagents and Archaic States
Appendix: Links to Assemblage Theory
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	23.04.2019
Reihe/Serie	Bloomsbury Revelations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	278 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-350-09678-4 / 1350096784
ISBN-13	978-1-350-09678-3 / 9781350096783
Zustand	Neuware