Title: The Philosophical Computer: Exploratory Essays in Philosophical Computer Modeling
Publisher: Bradford Books
Publication Date: 1998
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0262071851
ISBN 13: 9780262071857
Binding: hardcover
Condition: New

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Philosophical modeling is as old as philosophy itself; examples range from Plato's Cave and the Divided Line to Rawls's original position. What is new are the astounding computational resources now available for philosophical modeling. Although the computer cannot offer a substitute for philosophical research, it can offer an important new environment for philosophical research.

The authors present a series of exploratory examples of computer modeling, using a range of computational techniques to illuminate a variety of questions in philosophy and philosophical logic. Topics include self-reference and paradox in fuzzy logics, varieties of epistemic chaos, fractal images of formal systems, and cellular automata models in game theory. Examples in the last category include models for the evolution of generosity, possible causes and cures for discrimination, and the formal undecidability of patterns of social and biological interaction.

The cross-platform CD-ROM provided with the book contains a variety of working examples, in color and often operating dynamically, embedded in a text that parallels that of the book. Source code of all major programs is included to facilitate further research.

About the Author

Patrick Grim is Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook. Gary Mar is Associate Professor of Philosophy at SUNY at Stony Brook. Paul St. Denis is currently an undergraduate at SUNY at Stony Brook.

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