Qualitative mathematics for the social sciences : mathematical models for research on cultural dynamics /

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Imprint:Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
Description:xiii, 478 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cultural dynamics of social representation
Cultural dynamics of social representation.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8961783
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Other authors / contributors:Rudolph, Lee, 1948-
ISBN:9780415444828 (hardback : alk. paper)
0415444829 (hardback : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Mathematical Models and Social Representation
  • Part I. Logics of Modeling
  • Logic in Modeling, Logics as Models
  • Introduction to Quantum Probability for Social and Behavioral Scientists
  • The Sorites Paradox: A Behavioral Approach
  • On an Intensity Attribute--Loudness
  • Part II. Model Structures
  • Functions of Structure in Mathematics and Modeling
  • Structure and Hierarchies in Ganzheitspsychologie
  • Mind-Knots and Mind-Relations: Knot Theory Applied to Psychology
  • A Novel Generic Conception of Structure: Solving Piaget's Riddle
  • Part III. Dynamic Models
  • The Varieties of Dynamic(al) Experience
  • Complex Dynamical Systems and the Social Sciences
  • Intransitivity Cycles and Their Transformations: How Dynamically Adapting Systems Function?
  • Part IV. Conclusions
  • Modeling and Diagrammatic Reasoning