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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Auteur principal: Shults, Fount LeRon 1965- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: [publisher not identified] 2021
Dans: Secularism and Nonreligion
Année: 2021, Volume: 10, Pages: 1-10
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Irréligion / Irréligion / Laïcité / Modelage / Simulation par ordinateur / Computational social science
RelBib Classification:AA Sciences des religions
AB Philosophie de la religion
ZA Sciences sociales
Sujets non-standardisés:B computer modeling
B Nonreligion
B secularities
B social simulation
B Atran
B Asad
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Résumé: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.
ISSN:2053-6712
Contient:Enthalten in: Secularism and Nonreligion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5334/snr.154