ABSTRACT It is often said that computer simulations generate new knowledge about the empirical world in the same way experiments do. My aim is to make sense of such a claim. I first show that the similarities between computer simulations and experiments do not allow them to generate new knowledge but invite the simulationist to interact with simulations in an experimental manner. I contend that, nevertheless, computer simulations and experiments yield new knowledge under the same epistemic circumstances, independently of any features they may share.

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计算机仿真，实验和新颖性

摘要人们常说，计算机模拟以与实验相同的方式产生有关经验世界的新知识。我的目的是弄清楚这种主张。我首先表明，计算机模拟与实验之间的相似之处不允许它们产生新知识，而是邀请模拟主义者以实验方式与模拟进行交互。我认为，尽管如此，计算机仿真和实验仍在相同的认知环境下产生新知识，而与它们可能共享的任何功能无关。