Parker, Matthew W. (2006) Computing the Uncomputable, or, The Discrete Charm of Second-Order Simulacra. In: UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)
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Abstract
We study an especially attenuated application of “mediating models”, in which computer simulations suggest that a certain dynamical system exhibits non-computable behaviour. These simulations are defended by reference to a simpler model of the model (hence “second-order simulacra”). We will see that this defence is problematic, but there are general reasons to believe the simulations are accurate. And though these models do not prove anything specific about an actual physical system, they influence our general expectations, and provide an essential component for any complete explanation of why and how the qualitative behaviour of some actual systems may be non-computable.
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| Keywords: | computability, decidability, chaos, computable analysis, models, simulations | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Computation/Information > Classical Specific Sciences > Computer Science Specific Sciences > Complex Systems |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Matthew Parker | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jun 2006 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:14 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 2756 | ||||||
| Public Domain: | No | ||||||
| Conference Date: | 12-13 June 206 | ||||||
| Conference Location: | Paris | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics General Issues > Models and Idealization Specific Sciences > Computation/Information > Classical Specific Sciences > Computer Science Specific Sciences > Complex Systems |
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| Date: | 2006 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/2756 |
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