 | Philip Mirowski - 2002 - 674 Seiten
...finds that such specific criticisms are often parried by loose instrumentalist notions, such as, “we interpret the question, can you explain it? as asking, can you grow it?” (Epstein & Axtell, 1996, p. 177). On those grounds, there would never have been any pressing societal... | |
 | Andrew Ilachinski - 2004 - 962 Seiten
...multiagent-based modeling “.. .may change the way we think about explanation in the social sciences. What constitutes an explanation of an observed social...you explain it?' as asking ‘Can you grow it?'.” [Epstein96] 8.5 Future Work Most of the basic ingredients of the bottom three tiers of EINSTein's hierarchy... | |
 | National Academies of Sciences and Engineering - 2002 - 142 Seiten
...Epstein and Axtell (1), "[ABM] may change the way we think about explanation in the social sciences. What constitutes an explanation of an observed social...'Can you explain it?' as asking 'Can you grow it?'." ABM provides a natural description of a system. In many cases, ABM is most natural for describing and... | |
 | Marco Schmitt, Michael Florian, Frank Hillebrandt - 2006 - 296 Seiten
...Artificial society-type models may change the way we think about explanation in the social sciences. What constitutes an explanation of an observed social...will interpret the question, ,Can you explain it?' äs asking ,Can you grow it?' Artificial society modelling allows us to ,grow' social structures in... | |
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What constitutes an explanation of an observed social phenomenon? Perhaps one day people will interpret the question, "Can you explain it?" as asking "Can you grow it? 