Manuel Delanda

Philosophy and Simulation (eBook, PDF)

The Emergence of Synthetic Reason

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350096790
• Artikelnr.: 56308904

Autorenporträt

Manuel DeLanda is a distinguished writer, artist and philosopher. He began his career in experimental film, later becoming a computer artist and programmer. He is Gilles Deleuze Chair and Professor of Philosophy at The European Graduate School / EGS, Switzerland and lecturer in Architecture at Princeton University, USA. He is the author of Philosophical Chemistry (2015) and Philosophy and Simulation (2011).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Emergence in History1. The Storm in the Computer2. Cellular Automata and Patterns of Flow3. Artificial Chemistries and the Prebiotic Soup4. Genetic Algorithms and the Prebiotic Soup5. Genetic Algorithms and Ancient Organisms6. Neural Nets and Insect Intelligence7. Neural Nets and Mammalian Memory8. Multiagents and Primate Strategies9. Multiagents and Stone Age Economics10. Multiagents and Primitive Language11. Multiagents and Archaic StatesAppendix: Links to Assemblage TheoryIndex