We can enhance discussions of simulation by distinguishing between the rationale for using simulation and the philosophical tools for conceptualizing it. I offer my thoughts, inspired by this symposium, on the proposition that simulation is little more than stuff of our minds, a figment of our imagination. I also argue that philosophy is important to all simulation/gaming work.
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