An Agent-Based Model of Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions is interpreted as the specification of an agent-based model. Kuhn described scientists as autonomous agents and an emergent pattern of evolving paradigms. The missing link in his account is then a mechanism by which this pattern self-organizes from the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung. - GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences. - 43(2018), 1 (163), Seite 28-47
1. Verfasser: De Langhe, Rogier (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2018
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung
Schlagworte:Paradigms revolutions rationality agent-based modeling Thomas Kuhn stigmergy Applied sciences History Behavioral sciences Economics Physical sciences