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Computer simulation and philosophy of science

Eric Winsberg: Science in the age of computer simulation. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2010, 168pp, $24.00 PB

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Parker, W.S. Computer simulation and philosophy of science. Metascience 21, 111–114 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-011-9567-8

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