Computer Simulation, Experiment, and Novelty

Jebeile, Julie
(2017) International Studies in the Philosophy of Science — Vol. 31, n° 4, p. 379-395 (2017)

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It is often said that computer simulations generate new knowledge about the empirical world in the same way experiments do. My aim is to make sense of such a claim. I first show that the similarities between computer simulations and experiments do not allow them to generate new knowledge but invite the simulationist to interact with simulations in an experimental manner. I contend that, nevertheless, computer simulations and experiments yield new knowledge under the same epistemic circumstances, independently of any features they may share.
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Jebeile, J. (2017). Computer Simulation, Experiment, and Novelty. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 31(4), 379-395. https://doi.org/10.1080/02698595.2019.1565205 (Original work published 2017)