Modeling Trans-Scale Social Processes

Abstract

There is a vital need for social theory to identify generative patterns and structures within social complexities. However the weakness of empirical analysis is that past patterns cannot predict the future by themselves. Advances in natural sciences have depended on theoretical progress. Theory substitutes (placeholders) are currently popularl but without theory, insights are ad hoc and, thus, not repeatable. Radial structures provide a way of organizing and controlling the complexity of empirical representations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA544209

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  • David L. Sallach

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  • University of Chicago

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  • Accounting
  • Boundaries
  • Cognitive Science
  • Cultural Resources
  • Dynamics
  • Families (Human)
  • Game Theory
  • Identification
  • Identities
  • Language
  • Models
  • Money
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Prototypes
  • Psychology
  • Recreation
  • Social Sciences

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