On the Epistemology of Computer Simulation

Claus Pias

doi:10.28937/1000107521

On the Epistemology of Computer Simulation

Claus Pias

Professorship of Theory and History of Media

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Journal	Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung
Volume	2
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	29-54
Number of pages	26
ISSN	1869-1366
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.28937/1000107521
Publication status	Published - 2011

Research areas and keywords

Media and communication studies
Cultural studies
Cultural Informatics
Transdisciplinary studies
Digital media
digital Culture
digital cultures
media culture
media cultures
media studies
media theory
net culture
new media
social Media

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MECS: FOR 1927: Media Cultures of Computer Simulation
Warnke, M. (Project manager, academic), Pias, C. (Project manager, academic), Vehlken, S. (Project manager, academic) & Wellmann, J. (Project staff)
01.04.17 → 31.03.22
Project: Research
MECS: FOR 1927: Media Cultures of Computer Simulation
Warnke, M. (Project manager, academic), Pias, C. (Project manager, academic), Vehlken, S. (Project manager, academic) & Wellmann, J. (Project staff)
01.04.17 → 31.07.22
Project: Research
MECS: DFG-Kolleg-Forschergruppe MECS (Medienkulturen der Computersimulation)
Pias, C. (Project manager, academic), Warnke, M. (Project manager, academic), Vehlken, S. (Project staff), Schrape, N. (Project staff), Schrickel, I. (Project staff), Stöcklmayr, N. (Project staff), Engemann, C. (Project staff), Winter, F. (Project staff) & Wellmann, J. (Project staff)
01.01.13 → 31.07.22
Project: Research

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On the Epistemology of Computer Simulation

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MECS: FOR 1927: Media Cultures of Computer Simulation

MECS: FOR 1927: Media Cultures of Computer Simulation

MECS: DFG-Kolleg-Forschergruppe MECS (Medienkulturen der Computersimulation)

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