Simulation Pragmatic Construction of Reality /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lenhard, Johannes (Editor), Küppers, Günter (Editor), Shinn, Terry (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook, 25
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Philosophy and science.; Sociology.; Philosophy of Science.; Sociology, general.; Philosophy of Technology.

This book examines the historical roots and evolution of simulation from an epistemological, institutional and technical perspective. Rich case studies go far beyond documentation of simulation’s capacity for application in many domains, they also explore the "functional" and "structu...