1. Editorial

   • Roman Frigg
   • Stephan Hartmann
   • Cyrille Imbert

   EditorialNotes Open access 20 November 2008 Pages: 425 - 425

2. Idealization and modeling

   • Robert W. Batterman

   OriginalPaper 18 November 2008 Pages: 427 - 446

3. Computing the uncomputable; or, The discrete charm of second-order simulacra

   • Matthew W. Parker

   OriginalPaper 25 November 2008 Pages: 447 - 463

4. Projectible predicates in analogue and simulated systems

   • James Mattingly
   • Walter Warwick

   OriginalPaper 18 November 2008 Pages: 465 - 482

5. Does matter really matter? Computer simulations, experiments, and materiality

   • Wendy S. Parker

   OriginalPaper 07 November 2008 Pages: 483 - 496

6. Rigorous results, cross-model justification, and the transfer of empirical warrant: the case of many-body models in physics

   • Axel Gelfert

   OriginalPaper 08 November 2008 Pages: 497 - 519

7. Learning from the existence of models: On psychic machines, tortoises, and computer simulations

   • Dirk Schlimm

   OriginalPaper 18 November 2008 Pages: 521 - 538

8. The explanatory potential of artificial societies

   • Till Grüne-Yanoff

   OriginalPaper 18 November 2008 Pages: 539 - 555

9. Computer simulations as experiments

   • Anouk Barberousse
   • Sara Franceschelli
   • Cyrille Imbert

   OriginalPaper 18 November 2008 Pages: 557 - 574

10. A tale of two methods

    • Eric Winsberg

    OriginalPaper 18 November 2008 Pages: 575 - 592

11. The philosophy of simulation: hot new issues or same old stew?

    • Roman Frigg
    • Julian Reiss

    OriginalPaper 04 December 2008 Pages: 593 - 613

12. The philosophical novelty of computer simulation methods

    • Paul Humphreys

    OriginalPaper 28 November 2008 Pages: 615 - 626