DeLanda Manuel DeLanda 
Philosophy and Simulation [EPUB ebook] 
The Emergence of Synthetic Reason

In this groundbreaking book, Manuel De Landa analyzes different genres of simulation, from cellular automata and generic algorithms to neural nets and multi-agent systems, as a means to conceptualize the space of possibilities associated with casual and other capacities.This remarkably clear philosophical discussion of a rapidly growing field, from a thinker at the forefront of research at the interface of science and the humanities, is a must-read for anyone interested in the philosophies of technology, emergence and science at all levels.