@ARTICLE{Polak_Paweł_Computational_2020,
 author={Polak, Paweł},
 volume={Tom 8},
 number={Część 1},
 journal={Filozofia i Nauka},
 pages={203-212},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2020},
 publisher={Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii PAN},
 publisher={Instytut filozofii UMCS},
 abstract={Computational modeling plays an important role in the methodology of contemporary science. The epistemological role of modeling and simulations leads to questions about a possible use of this method in philosophy. Attempts to use some mathematical tools to formulate philosophical concepts trace back to Spinoza and Newton. Newtonian natural philosophy became an example of successful use of mathematical thinking to describe the fundamental level of nature. Newton’s approach has initiated a new scientific field of research in physics and at the same time his system has become a source of new philosophical considerations about physical reality. According to Michael Heller, some physical theories may be treated as the formalizations of philosophical conceptions. Computational modeling may be an extension of this idea; this is what I would like to present in the article. I also consider computational modeling in philosophy as a source of new philosophical metaphors; this idea has been proposed in David J. Bolter’s conception of defining technology. The consideration leads to the following conclusion: In the methodology of philosophy significant changes have been taking place; the new approach do not make traditional methods obsolete, it is rather a new analytical tools for philosophy and a source of inspiring metaphors.},
 type={Artykuły / Articles},
 title={Computational modelling in philosophy – some methodological remarks},
 URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/117246/PDF-MASTER/Polak.pdf},
 keywords={Computational modeling, methodology of philosophy, defining technology},
}