Evidence and Knowledge from Computer Simulation
Evidence and Knowledge from Computer Simulation
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来自计算机模拟的证据和知识
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发表时间：
2020
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通讯作者：
W. Parker
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W. Parker
计算机模拟结果可以作为有关现实世界系统和现象的假设的证据吗？如果是的话，什么样的证据？我们能否通过模拟获得关于世界的真正新知识？我认为，来自计算机模拟的证据被恰当地描述为高阶证据：它是已经收集了有关世界假设的其他证据的证据。只要特定的认知主体没有其他证据，他们就有可能通过模拟获得关于世界的真正的新知识。我用受气象学和天体物理学中的模拟应用启发的例子进行说明。
Can computer simulation results be evidence for hypotheses about real-world systems and phenomena? If so, what sort of evidence? Can we gain genuinely new knowledge of the world via simulation? I argue that evidence from computer simulation is aptly characterized as higher-order evidence: it is evidence that other evidence regarding a hypothesis about the world has been collected. Insofar as particular epistemic agents do not have this other evidence, it is possible that they will gain genuinely new knowledge of the world via simulation. I illustrate with examples inspired by uses of simulation in meteorology and astrophysics.
气候模型是可信的世界吗？
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作者：
Gregor Betz
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Gregor Betz