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Modeling : gateway to the unknown : a work /
Edited by Daniel Rothbart of George Mason University in Virginia, this book is a collection of Rom Har�r's work on modeling in science (particularly physics and psychology). In over 28 authored books and 240 articles and book chapters, Rom Har�r of Georgetown University in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier,
2004.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Studies in multidisciplinarity ;
v. 1. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- General Introduction
- Section One: The Structure and Function of Models
- Introduction
- Chapter One. Iconic Models
- Chapter Two. Formal Models
- Chapter Three. Properties and Images
- Section Two: Policy Realism
- Introduction
- Chapter Four. Model Making and the Defence of Realism
- Chapter Five. Models and the Realism Debates
- Section Three: Scientific Explanation
- Introduction
- Chapter Six. Theory-Families
- Chapter Seven. Creativity in Science
- Chapter Eight. Metaphors as the Expression of Models
- Chapter Nine. Models as Rhetorical Devices
- Section Four: A Metaphysics for Physics
- Introduction
- Chapter Ten. Modeling in Quantum Field Theory
- Chapter Eleven. A Dynamic Model for Space and Time
- Section Five: A Metaphysics for Experiments
- Introduction
- Chapter Twelve. Apparatus as Models in the Physical Sciences
- Chapter Thirteen. Reinterpreting Psychological Experiments
- Section Six: The Ethogenic Point of View in Social Science
- Introduction
- Chapter Fourteen. Social Action as Drama
- Chapter Fifteen. Conversation as Source Model for Human Sciences
- Chapter Sixteen. AI as Hybrid Model Making
- References
- Subject Index
- Last Page.