On the Epistemology of Computer Simulation
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In: Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2011, p. 29-54.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - On the Epistemology of Computer Simulation
AU - Pias, Claus
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The paper suggests to analyze the history of scientific computer simulations with respect to the history of media. After presenting some ideas concerning the peculiarities of computer simulation, two examples (management simulations of the 1960s; traffic-related and epistemological simulations of the 1990s) are interpreted. From them, further questions concerning the status of scientific knowledge, the genesis of epistemological concepts and their critique are derived.
AB - The paper suggests to analyze the history of scientific computer simulations with respect to the history of media. After presenting some ideas concerning the peculiarities of computer simulation, two examples (management simulations of the 1960s; traffic-related and epistemological simulations of the 1990s) are interpreted. From them, further questions concerning the status of scientific knowledge, the genesis of epistemological concepts and their critique are derived.
KW - Media and communication studies
KW - Cultural studies
KW - Cultural Informatics
KW - Transdisciplinary studies
KW - Digital media
KW - Digitale Kultur
KW - Digitale Kulturen
KW - Medienkultur
KW - Medienkulturen
KW - Medientheorie
KW - Medienwissenschaft
KW - Medienwissenschaften
KW - Netzkultur
KW - neue Medien
KW - Soziale Medien
KW - digital Culture
KW - digital cultures
KW - media culture
KW - media cultures
KW - media studies
KW - media theory
KW - net culture
KW - new media
KW - social Media
U2 - 10.28937/1000107521
DO - 10.28937/1000107521
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 2
SP - 29
EP - 54
JO - Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung
JF - Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung
SN - 1869-1366
IS - 1
ER -