Chapter 34 Remarks on the Foundations of Agent-Based Generative Social Science

Joshua M. Epstein

doi:10.1016/S1574-0021(05)02034-4

Chapter 34 Remarks on the Foundations of Agent-Based Generative Social Science

Joshua M. Epstein

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This chapter treats a variety of epistemological issues surrounding generative explanation in the social sciences, and discusses the role of agent-based computational models in generative social science.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Handbook of Computational Economics
Editors	L. Tesfatsion, K.L. Judd
Pages	1585-1604
Number of pages	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1574-0021(05)02034-4
State	Published - 2006

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Name	Handbook of Computational Economics
Volume	2
ISSN (Print)	1574-0021

Keywords

agent-based modeling
generative social science
philosophy of social science

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Economics and Econometrics
Computer Science Applications

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