Hidden dangers in complex computational structures: A commentary on Lustick and Tetlock 2021

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Edward Russo
Keyword(s):  
Computational Structures

Computational Structures

1982 ◽  
pp. 185-267
Author(s):  
Friedrich L. Bauer ◽  
Hans Wössner ◽  
H. Partsch ◽  
P. Pepper
Keyword(s):  
Computational Structures

Abstraction and Representational Capacity in Computational Structures

2019 ◽  
pp. 210-229
Author(s):  
Michael Weisberg
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Models ◽  
Computational Models ◽  
Mathematical Structure ◽  
Narrative Form ◽  
Mathematical Structures ◽  
Computational Structure ◽  
Representational Capacity ◽  
Computational Structures

Michael Weisberg’s book Simulation and Similarity argued that although mathematical models are sometimes described in narrative form, they are best understood as interpreted mathematical structures. But how can a mathematical structure be causal, as many models described in narrative seem to be? This chapter argues that models with apparently narrative form are actually computational structures. It explores this suggestion in detail, examining what computational structure consists of, the resources it offers modelers, and why attempting to re-describe computational models as imaginary concrete systems fails even more dramatically than it does for mathematical models.

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