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dc.contributor.authorMacpherson, Eric D.
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-14T07:09:04Z
dc.date.available2014-08-14T07:09:04Z
dc.date.issued1999-1-1
dc.identifier.citationEric D. Macpherson, “Metaphors and social science,” Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 65-68, 1999. doi:10.1155/S1026022699000096
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/23792
dc.description.abstractThe social sciences have a considerable history of attempts to apply models and theories from the physical sciences. All such attempts have failed, primarily because social scientists have commonly not distinguished between applications and possibly useful metaphors.Attempts to apply non-linear mathematics to social concerns will similarly fail. There are now no non-trivial applications, and there are unlikely ever to be.But the phenomenon of reifying models and theories from elsewhere has long standing status in the social sciences, and DDNS can play an important role in monitoring those attempts.
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.titleMetaphors and social science
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.language.rfc3066en
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewed
dc.rights.holderCopyright © 1999 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.date.updated2014-08-14T07:09:05Z
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1026022699000096


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