Modeling: Gateway to the Unknown: A Work by ROM Harre Volume 1

By Daniel Rothbart

Edited by Daniel Rothbart of George Mason University in Virginia, this book is a collection of Rom Harr 's work on modeling in science (particularly physics and psychology). In over 28 authored books and 240 articles and book chapters, Rom Harr 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 Harr , 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0444514643
• ISBN13: 9780444514646
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"