The passage given below is followed by a set of questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.The computer is an artifact, not a natural phenomenon, and science is about natural phenomena. As a creation of the human mind, independent of the physical world, mathematics is not a science but a tool for doing science. Modern techno-science undercuts the first point. How does one distinguish between nature and artifact when we rely on artifacts to produce or afford access to the natural phenomena? In insisting that Nature to be commanded must be obeyed, Francis Bacon placed nature and art on the same physical and epistemological level.Artifacts work by the laws of nature, and by working to reveal those laws. Only with the development of thermodynamics, through the analysis of steam engines, did we discover that world is a heat engine subject to the laws of entropy. Later came the information theory - the analysis of communications systems arising from the problems of long-distance telephony. Now, with the computer, nature has increasingly become a computation. DNA is code, the program for the process of development. Although the computational world may have begun as a metaphor, it is now acquiring the status of metaphysics, thus repeating the early modern transition from the metaphor of machine of the world to the metaphysics of matter in motion.The artifact as conceptual scheme is deeply, indeed inseparably, embedded in nature, and the relationship works both ways, as computer scientists turn to biological models to address problems of stability, adaptability, and complexity. Embedded too is the mathematics that has played a central role in the articulation of many of these models of nature - thermodynamical, informational, and computational - not simply by quantifying them but also, and more importantly, by capturing their structure and even filling it out. Applied to the world as models, mathematical structures have captured its workings in uncanny ways or as Eugene Wigner put it, unreasonably effective.Q.If you were to interview the author, what would be your follow up question to this passage?a)How can mathematics be said to influence computation and vice versa?b)How can computation tell us anything about nature?c)Does the relationship between technology, mathematics, and science need to be redefined?d)Given the advent of computational science, can mathematics be a science of the natural world?Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?

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The computer is an artifact, not a natural phenomenon, and science is about natural phenomena. As a creation of the human mind, independent of the physical world, mathematics is not a science but a tool for doing science. Modern techno-science undercuts the first point. How does one distinguish between nature and artifact when we rely on artifacts to produce or afford access to the natural phenomena? In insisting that ‘Nature to be commanded must be obeyed,’ Francis Bacon placed nature and art on the same physical and epistemological level.

Artifacts work by the laws of nature, and by working to reveal those laws. Only with the development of thermodynamics, through the analysis of steam engines, did we ‘discover’ that world is a heat engine subject to the laws of entropy. Later came the information theory - the analysis of communications systems arising from the problems of long-distance telephony. Now, with the computer, nature has increasingly become a computation. DNA is code, the program for the process of development. Although the computational world may have begun as a metaphor, it is now acquiring the status of metaphysics, thus repeating the early modern transition from the metaphor of ‘machine of the world’ to the metaphysics of 'matter in motion'.

The artifact as conceptual scheme is deeply, indeed inseparably, embedded in nature, and the relationship works both ways, as computer scientists turn to biological models to address problems of stability, adaptability, and complexity. Embedded too is the mathematics that has played a central role in the articulation of many of these models of nature - thermodynamical, informational, and computational - not simply by quantifying them but also, and more importantly, by capturing their structure and even filling it out. Applied to the world as models, mathematical structures have captured its workings in uncanny ways or as Eugene Wigner put it, ‘unreasonably effective’.

If you were to interview the author, what would be your follow up question to this passage?

a)
How can mathematics be said to influence computation and vice versa?
b)
How can computation tell us anything about nature?
c)
Does the relationship between technology, mathematics, and science need to be redefined?
d)
Given the advent of computational science, can mathematics be a science of the natural world?

Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?

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Option 4 is the follow up question that needs to be asked.

Earlier in the passage the author makes an assertion that - “...mathematics is not a science but a tool for doing science.”. This is challenged as a result of the advent of computer science. The passage states - “The artifact as conceptual scheme is deeply, indeed inseparably, embedded in nature, and the relationship works both ways.”.

The interview would eventually continue in the below mentioned vein and therefore, the logical follow up question asked to the author would be - “Given the advent of computational science, can mathematics be a science of the natural world?” The passage states- “The artifact as conceptual scheme is deeply, indeed inseparably, embedded in nature, and the relationship works both ways, as computer scientists turn to biological models to address problems of stability, adaptability, and complexity.

Embedded too is the mathematics that has played a central role in the articulation of many of these models of nature - thermodynamical, informational, and computational - not simply by quantifying them but also, and more importantly, by capturing their structure and even filling it out.”.

Options 1,2 and 3 have been explained in the passage in their entirety and cannot be follow up questions.

Hence, the correct answer is option 4.

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Later came the information theory - the analysis of communications systems arising from the problems of long-distance telephony. Now, with the computer, nature has increasingly become a computation. DNA is code, the program for the process of development. Although the computational world may have begun as a metaphor, it is now acquiring the status of metaphysics, thus repeating the early modern transition from the metaphor of ‘machine of the world’ to the metaphysics of 'matter in motion'.The artifact as conceptual scheme is deeply, indeed inseparably, embedded in nature, and the relationship works both ways, as computer scientists turn to biological models to address problems of stability, adaptability, and complexity. Embedded too is the mathematics that has played a central role in the articulation of many of these models of nature - thermodynamical, informational, and computational - not simply by quantifying them but also, and more importantly, by capturing their structure and even filling it out. Applied to the world as models, mathematical structures have captured its workings in uncanny ways or as Eugene Wigner put it, ‘unreasonably effective’.Q.If you were to interview the author, what would be your follow up question to this passage?a)How can mathematics be said to influence computation and vice versa?b)How can computation tell us anything about nature?c)Does the relationship between technology, mathematics, and science need to be redefined?d)Given the advent of computational science, can mathematics be a science of the natural world?Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?, a detailed solution for The passage given below is followed by a set of questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.The computer is an artifact, not a natural phenomenon, and science is about natural phenomena. As a creation of the human mind, independent of the physical world, mathematics is not a science but a tool for doing science. Modern techno-science undercuts the first point. How does one distinguish between nature and artifact when we rely on artifacts to produce or afford access to the natural phenomena? In insisting that ‘Nature to be commanded must be obeyed,’ Francis Bacon placed nature and art on the same physical and epistemological level.Artifacts work by the laws of nature, and by working to reveal those laws. Only with the development of thermodynamics, through the analysis of steam engines, did we ‘discover’ that world is a heat engine subject to the laws of entropy. Later came the information theory - the analysis of communications systems arising from the problems of long-distance telephony. Now, with the computer, nature has increasingly become a computation. DNA is code, the program for the process of development. Although the computational world may have begun as a metaphor, it is now acquiring the status of metaphysics, thus repeating the early modern transition from the metaphor of ‘machine of the world’ to the metaphysics of 'matter in motion'.The artifact as conceptual scheme is deeply, indeed inseparably, embedded in nature, and the relationship works both ways, as computer scientists turn to biological models to address problems of stability, adaptability, and complexity. Embedded too is the mathematics that has played a central role in the articulation of many of these models of nature - thermodynamical, informational, and computational - not simply by quantifying them but also, and more importantly, by capturing their structure and even filling it out. Applied to the world as models, mathematical structures have captured its workings in uncanny ways or as Eugene Wigner put it, ‘unreasonably effective’.Q.If you were to interview the author, what would be your follow up question to this passage?a)How can mathematics be said to influence computation and vice versa?b)How can computation tell us anything about nature?c)Does the relationship between technology, mathematics, and science need to be redefined?d)Given the advent of computational science, can mathematics be a science of the natural world?Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer? has been provided alongside types of The passage given below is followed by a set of questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.The computer is an artifact, not a natural phenomenon, and science is about natural phenomena. As a creation of the human mind, independent of the physical world, mathematics is not a science but a tool for doing science. Modern techno-science undercuts the first point. How does one distinguish between nature and artifact when we rely on artifacts to produce or afford access to the natural phenomena? In insisting that ‘Nature to be commanded must be obeyed,’ Francis Bacon placed nature and art on the same physical and epistemological level.Artifacts work by the laws of nature, and by working to reveal those laws. Only with the development of thermodynamics, through the analysis of steam engines, did we ‘discover’ that world is a heat engine subject to the laws of entropy. Later came the information theory - the analysis of communications systems arising from the problems of long-distance telephony. Now, with the computer, nature has increasingly become a computation. DNA is code, the program for the process of development. Although the computational world may have begun as a metaphor, it is now acquiring the status of metaphysics, thus repeating the early modern transition from the metaphor of ‘machine of the world’ to the metaphysics of 'matter in motion'.The artifact as conceptual scheme is deeply, indeed inseparably, embedded in nature, and the relationship works both ways, as computer scientists turn to biological models to address problems of stability, adaptability, and complexity. Embedded too is the mathematics that has played a central role in the articulation of many of these models of nature - thermodynamical, informational, and computational - not simply by quantifying them but also, and more importantly, by capturing their structure and even filling it out. Applied to the world as models, mathematical structures have captured its workings in uncanny ways or as Eugene Wigner put it, ‘unreasonably effective’.Q.If you were to interview the author, what would be your follow up question to this passage?a)How can mathematics be said to influence computation and vice versa?b)How can computation tell us anything about nature?c)Does the relationship between technology, mathematics, and science need to be redefined?d)Given the advent of computational science, can mathematics be a science of the natural world?Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer? theory, EduRev gives you an ample number of questions to practice The passage given below is followed by a set of questions. Choose the most appropriate answer to each question.The computer is an artifact, not a natural phenomenon, and science is about natural phenomena. As a creation of the human mind, independent of the physical world, mathematics is not a science but a tool for doing science. Modern techno-science undercuts the first point. How does one distinguish between nature and artifact when we rely on artifacts to produce or afford access to the natural phenomena? In insisting that ‘Nature to be commanded must be obeyed,’ Francis Bacon placed nature and art on the same physical and epistemological level.Artifacts work by the laws of nature, and by working to reveal those laws. Only with the development of thermodynamics, through the analysis of steam engines, did we ‘discover’ that world is a heat engine subject to the laws of entropy. Later came the information theory - the analysis of communications systems arising from the problems of long-distance telephony. Now, with the computer, nature has increasingly become a computation. DNA is code, the program for the process of development. Although the computational world may have begun as a metaphor, it is now acquiring the status of metaphysics, thus repeating the early modern transition from the metaphor of ‘machine of the world’ to the metaphysics of 'matter in motion'.The artifact as conceptual scheme is deeply, indeed inseparably, embedded in nature, and the relationship works both ways, as computer scientists turn to biological models to address problems of stability, adaptability, and complexity. Embedded too is the mathematics that has played a central role in the articulation of many of these models of nature - thermodynamical, informational, and computational - not simply by quantifying them but also, and more importantly, by capturing their structure and even filling it out. Applied to the world as models, mathematical structures have captured its workings in uncanny ways or as Eugene Wigner put it, ‘unreasonably effective’.Q.If you were to interview the author, what would be your follow up question to this passage?a)How can mathematics be said to influence computation and vice versa?b)How can computation tell us anything about nature?c)Does the relationship between technology, mathematics, and science need to be redefined?d)Given the advent of computational science, can mathematics be a science of the natural world?Correct answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer? tests, examples and also practice CAT tests.

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