TY - GEN AU - De Landa,Manuel TI - Philosophy and simulation: the emergence of synthetic reason SN - 9781441170286 AV - Q175.32.E44 D4 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - London, New York, NY PB - Continuum KW - Science KW - Philosophy KW - Emergence (Philosophy) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-221) and index; Introduction: emergence in history -- The storm in the computer -- Cellular automata and patterns of flow -- Artificial chemistries and the prebiotic soup -- Genetic algorithms and the prebiotic soup -- Genetic algorithms and ancient organisms -- Neural nets and insect intelligence -- Neural nets and mammalian memory -- Multiagents and primate strategies -- Multiagents and stone age economics -- Multiagents and primitive language -- Multiagents and archaic states -- Appendix: links to assemblage theory ER -