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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Ontological and computational aspects of economic-environmental modelling

James Juniper

pp. 31-48

Abstract

The paper examines economic-environmental modelling from a computational perspective. It considers the relationship between foundational and reference ontologies, warning that the philosophical implications of making an ontological commitment are often far from benign. In particular, it considers the proximity between foundational ontologies motivated by Husserlian phenomenology and neo-Austrian economic thought. Doubts are raised about capital theory in the modelling of economic-environmental interactions. A range of philosophical approaches towards environmental sustainability are also discussed in terms of their congruence with different schools of economic thought. Computational and mathematical aspects of modelling are then considered.

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Randall Marcus (2015) Artificial life and computational intelligence: first Australasian conference, acalci 2015, Newcastle, nsw, India, february 5-7, 2015. proceedings. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 31-48

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-14803-8_3

Full citation:

Juniper James (2015) „Ontological and computational aspects of economic-environmental modelling“, In: M. Randall (ed.), Artificial life and computational intelligence, Dordrecht, Springer, 31–48.