The status of the simulative method in cognitive science: current debates and future prospects

Journal title PARADIGMI
Author/s Vieri Giuliano Santucci, Dalia Nicole Cilia, Giovanni Pezzulo
Publishing Year 2016 Issue 2015/3
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DOI 10.3280/PARA2015-003004
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In questo lavoro sarà esaminato lo status attuale dell’approccio simulativo nelle scienze cognitive e nelle neuroscienze. Attraverso esempi specifici, discuteremo come idee, teorie e previsioni derivanti dalla ricerca sui sistemi artificiali abbiano contribuito significativamente al progresso scientifico nelle scienze cognitive e delle neuroscienze, spesso lavorando in sinergia con la ricerca empirica e teorica. Inoltre, l’approccio simulativo è oggi presente in un numero crescente di conferenze interdisciplinari ed eventi, e sta influenzando politiche di finanziamento dell’UE e degli USA. Gli esempi qui menzionati suggeriscono che il metodo simulativo è più efficace quando inserito in un contesto interdisciplinare, quando offre una base normativa / meccanicistica per generare predizioni empiriche e quando fornisce un quadro unitario di fenomeni tradizionalmente studiati separatamente. Nonostante i numerosi "success cases" qui menzionati, comunque, lo status epistemologico dell’approccio simulativo - e specialmente della robotica - è ancora oggetto di discussione, ed il suo impatto non ancora pienamente realizzato.

Keywords: Cognitive Science, Computational neuroscience, Large-scale brain simulation, Models in neuroscience, Sciences of artificial, Simulative method.

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Vieri Giuliano Santucci, Dalia Nicole Cilia, Giovanni Pezzulo, The status of the simulative method in cognitive science: current debates and future prospects in "PARADIGMI" 3/2015, pp 47-66, DOI: 10.3280/PARA2015-003004