Simulating Secularities: Challenges and Opportunities in the Computational Science of (Non)Religion
This article provides scholars of nonreligion and secularism with an introduction to some of the major opportunities and challenges associated with the growing application of computational methods to the phenomena they study. It also illustrates these opportunities and challenges by describing sever...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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| In: |
Secularism and Nonreligion
Year: 2021, Volume: 10, Pages: 1-10 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Irreligiousness
/ Irreligiosity
/ Secularism
/ Modeling
/ Computer simulation
/ Computational social science
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| IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism ZA Social sciences |
| Further subjects: | B
computer modeling
B Nonreligion B secularities B social simulation B Atran B Asad |
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| Summary: | This article provides scholars of nonreligion and secularism with an introduction to some of the major opportunities and challenges associated with the growing application of computational methods to the phenomena they study. It also illustrates these opportunities and challenges by describing several overlapping research projects and some of the models of (non)religion they have produced. Finally, the article addresses some of the significant philosophical issues surrounding the use of computer modeling and simulation, focusing on the ethical and epistemological concerns that these tools often raise. I invite scholars of nonreligion to consider adding these techniques to their methodological toolkits, and to join in on the fascinating and important conversations about simulating secularities that these models engender. |
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| ISSN: | 2053-6712 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Secularism and Nonreligion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5334/snr.154 |