Social scientists associate agent-based simulation (ABS) models with three ideas about explanation: they provide generative explanations, they are models of mechanisms, and they implement methodological individualism. In light of a philosophical account of explanation, we show that these ideas are not necessarily related and offer an account of the explanatory import of ABS models. We also argue that their bottom-up research strategy should be distinguished from methodological individualism. © The Author(s) 2013.
Generative Explanation and Individualism in Agent-Based Simulation / C. Marchionni, P. Ylikoski. - In: PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 0048-3931. - 43:3(2013 Sep), pp. 323-340. [10.1177/0048393113488873]
Generative Explanation and Individualism in Agent-Based Simulation
C. Marchionni
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2013
Abstract
Social scientists associate agent-based simulation (ABS) models with three ideas about explanation: they provide generative explanations, they are models of mechanisms, and they implement methodological individualism. In light of a philosophical account of explanation, we show that these ideas are not necessarily related and offer an account of the explanatory import of ABS models. We also argue that their bottom-up research strategy should be distinguished from methodological individualism. © The Author(s) 2013.
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