Philosophy and Simulation

In this groundbreaking book, Manuel DeLanda analyzes different genres of simulation, from cellular automata and generic algorithms to neural nets and multi-agent systems, as a means to conceptualize the space of possibilities
associated with casual and other capacities.

This remarkably clear philosophical discussion of a rapidly growing field, from a thinker at the forefront of research at the interface of science and the humanities, is a must-read for anyone interested in the philosophies of technology, emergence and science at all levels.

In aceasta carte revolutionara, Manuel DeLanda analizeaza diferite genuri de simulare, de la automatele celulare si algoritmi generici la retele neuronale si sisteme multi-agenti, ca mijloc de conceptualizare a spatiului posibilitatilor asociat cu capacitati ocazionale si de alta natura. Un domeniu in crestere rapida, de la un ganditor aflat in fruntea cercetarii la interfata stiintei si a stiintelor umaniste, este o lectura obligatorie pentru oricine este interesat de filosofiile tehnologiei, aparitiei si stiintei la toate nivelurile.