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The philosophical novelty of computer simulation methods
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Metadata
- Authors
- Humphreys, P.
- Affiliations
- University of Virginia (US)
- Corresponding author
- Humphreys, Paul
- Venue
- Synthese
- Published
- 2008-11-28
- Volume
- 169
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 615-626
- ISSN
- 0039-7857 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-0964
- OpenAlex
- W2055250996
- Cited by
- 362
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2026: 46 · 2025: 40 · 2024: 35 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 34 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 15
- FWCI
- 28.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Synthese (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Logic and Philosophy of Science
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation
- Keywords
- computer simulation, scientific computing, scientific method, philosophy of science, epistemology of simulation
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