Complexity and the human experience modeling complexity in the humanities and social sciences
Questions of values, ontologies, ethics, aesthetics, discourse, origins, language, literature, and meaning do not lend themselves readily, or traditionally, to equations, probabilities, and models. However, with the increased adoption of natural science tools in economics, anthropology, and politica...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press
[2014]
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009634704506719 |
Summary: | Questions of values, ontologies, ethics, aesthetics, discourse, origins, language, literature, and meaning do not lend themselves readily, or traditionally, to equations, probabilities, and models. However, with the increased adoption of natural science tools in economics, anthropology, and political science-to name only a few social scientific fields highlighted in this volume-quantitative methods in the humanities are becoming more common. The theory of complexity holds significant promise for better understanding social and human phenomena based on interactions among the pa |
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Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. |
ISBN: | 9780429082399 9789814463263 |