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      The computational philosophy: simulation as a core philosophical method

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          Modeling and computer simulations, we claim, should be considered core philosophical methods. More precisely, we will defend two theses. First, philosophers should use simulations for many of the same reasons we currently use thought experiments. In fact, simulations are superior to thought experiments in achieving some philosophical goals. Second, devising and coding computational models instill good philosophical habits of mind. Throughout the paper, we respond to the often implicit objection that computer modeling is “not philosophical.”

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                Contributors
                conormw@uw.edu
                kzollman@andrew.cmu.edu
                Journal
                Synthese
                Synthese
                Synthese
                Springer Netherlands (Dordrecht )
                0039-7857
                1573-0964
                10 March 2021
                : 1-27
                Affiliations
                [1 ]GRID grid.34477.33, ISNI 0000000122986657, Department of Philosophy, , University of Washington, ; Savery Hall, Room 361, Box 353350 , Seattle, WA 98195 USA
                [2 ]GRID grid.147455.6, ISNI 0000 0001 2097 0344, Department of Philosophy, , Carnegie Mellon University, ; Baker Hall 161, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 USA
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                2950
                10.1007/s11229-020-02950-3
                7944252
                1bac5196-7a03-4e87-bf2f-20656b4752c8
                © Springer Nature B.V. 2021

                This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.

                History
                : 13 March 2019
                : 3 November 2020
                Categories
                Computational Modelling in Philosophy

                modeling,simulations,computation,computational philosophy,validation,thought experiment,philosophical methodology

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