Modeling : gateway to the unknown : a work / by Rom Harre ; edited by Daniel Rothbart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harré, Rom.

Contributor:

Rothbart, Daniel.

Series:

Studies in multidisciplinarity ; v. 1.

Studies in multidisciplinarity ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Science--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Edited by Daniel Rothbart of George Mason University in Virginia, this book is a collection of Rom Harré's work on modeling in science (particularly physics and psychology). In over 28 authored books and 240 articles and book chapters, Rom Harré of Georgetown University in Washington, DC is a towering figure in philosophy, linguistics, and social psychology. He has inspired a generation of scholars, both for the ways in which his research is carried out and his profound insights. For Harré, the stunning discoveries of research demand a kind of thinking that is found in the construction and co

Contents:

Front Cover; MODELING: Gateway to the Unknown: A Work by Rom Harré; Copyright Page; 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 DevicesSection 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 MakingReferences; Subject Index

Notes:

" ... a collection of Rom Harre's work on modeling in science ..."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-257) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-04875-5

9786611048754

0-08-053664-6

OCLC:

476110375