Towards Computationalism: The Philosophy of Artificial Life Creation in the Digital Age

Author: Li Jianhui
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Based on an in-depth study of the rise of artificial life thought, its theoretical foundations, construction methods, and new developments, this book systematically explores the main content of this new view of life. Further, starting from these contents, it summarizes a new computationalist worldview. Chapter discusses the philosophical problems raised by artificial life, the value of studying these problems, and the history and current state of philosophy of artificial life in China and abroad, particularly the research on the new view of life in artificial life. Chapter 2 elaborates on the emergence and development process of artificial life thought. Chapter 3 explores the main methods for constructing artificial life. Chapters 4 and 5 discuss the two main forms of artificial life: virtual artificial life and real artificial life.