Extending Ourselves: Computational Science, Empiricism, and Scientific Method

By Paul Humphreys

Book Overview

Computational methods have become the dominant technique in many areas of science. This book contains the first systematic philosophical account of these new methods and their consequences for scientific method. This book will be of interest to philosophers of science and to anyone interested in the role played by computers in modern science.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195313291
• ISBN13: 9780195313291
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"