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Calculating surprises: a review for a philosophy of computer simulations

Johannes Lenhard: Calculated Surprises. A philosophy of computer simulations. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019, 256pp, 64,12 €

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Durán, J.M. Calculating surprises: a review for a philosophy of computer simulations. Metascience 29, 337–340 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-020-00527-x

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