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A Work by Rom Harre
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Daniel Rothbart, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies George Mason University Fairfax, VA 20030 USA
Included in series
Studies in Multidisciplinarity,
Description
Edited by Daniel Rothbart of George Mason University in Virginia, this book is a collection of Rom Harre's work on modeling in science
(particularly physics and psychology). In over 28 authored books and 240 articles and book chapters, Rom Harre 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 Harre, the stunning discoveries of research demand
a kind of thinking that is found in the construction and control of models. Iconic modeling is pivotal for representing real-world structures,
explaining phenomena, manipulating instruments, constructing theories, and acquiring data.
This volume in the new Elsevier book series Studies in Multidisciplinarity includes major topics on the structure and function of models, the debates over scientific
realism, explanation through analogical modeling, a metaphysics for physics, the rationale for experimentation, and modeling in social
encounters.
Audience
Philosophers, Physical Scientists, Social Scientists, and Science Educators
Contents
General Introduction.
Section One. The Structure and Function of Models.
Introduction. 1. Iconic models. 2. Formal models. 3. Properties
and images.
Section Two. Policy Realism.
Introduction. 4. Model making and the defence of realism. 5. Models and the realism debates.
Section Three. Scientific Explanation.
Introduction. 6. Theory-families. 7. Creativity in science. 8. Metaphors as the expression
of models. 9. Models as rhetorical devices.
Section Four. A Metaphysics for Physics.
Introduction. 10. Modeling in quantum field
theory. 11. A Dynamic model for space and time.
Section Five. A Metaphysics for Experiments.
Introduction. 12. Apparatus as models
in the physical sciences. 13. Reinterpreting psychological experiments.
Section Six. The Ethogenic Point of View in Social Science.
Introduction. 14. Social action as drama. 15. Conversation as source model for human sciences. 16. AI as hybrid model making. References.
Subject Index.
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Hardbound, 278 pages, publication date: MAY-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-51464-6
ISBN-10: 0-444-51464-3
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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