Mathematical models for research on cultural dynamics
Subtitle: qualitative mathematics for the social sciences
By: edited by Rudolph Lee
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415444828
Subjects: Mathematical models; Research; Qualitative research; Psychology; Social sciences
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: mathematical models and social representation / Lee Rudolph and Jaan Valsiner; title: Logic in modeling, logics as models / Lee Rudolph; title: Introduction to quantum probability for social and behavioral scientists / Jerome R. Busemeyer; title: The sorites paradox : a behavioral approach / Ehtibar N. Dzhafarov and Damir D. Dzhafarov; title: On an intensity attribute-loudness / Che Tat Ng; title: Functions of structure in mathematics and modeling / Lee Rudolph; title: Structure and hierarchies in ganzheitspsychologie / Rainer Diriwchter; title: Mind-knots and mind-relations: knot theory applied to psychology / Akio Kawauchi; title: A novel generic conception of structure : solving piaget's riddle / Yair Neuman; title: The varieties of dynamic(al) experience / Lee Rudolph; title: Complex dynamical systems and the social sciences / Ralph Abraham, Dan Friedman, and Paul Viotti; title: Intransitivity cycles and their transformations : how dynamically adapting systems function? / Alexander Poddiakov and Jaan Valsiner; title: Modeling and diagrammatic reasoning / Lee Rudolph; title: What now? what next? / Jaan Valsiner and Lee Rudolph; title: Contributor biographies and contact information; title: Index of cited authors; title: Index of concepts and notations.