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Category Archives: Analytic Epistemology
Lecture Notes on Model Thinking IV
Some lecture notes/ scribble on Model Thinking by Scott E. Page. Lecture “Segregation and Peer Effects”, Part 2: “Schelling’s Segregation Model”: Schelling built a model and executed it in order to analyse the empirical phenomenon of segregation … Continue reading
Abstraction then and now
If this is the computer age, shouldn’t be the age of abstraction as well? Continue reading
Posted in Analytic Epistemology
Tagged abstraction, ACM, Bertrand Meyer, Complexity, computer science, Jeff Kramer, Marie-Henri Beyle, Mathematics, model, modeling, Pace University, Stendhal, Students
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Every method works well on the scenarios its author publishes
An excerpt from John D. Cook’s Blog. Although this is actually about methods in Statistics and Simulation, it strongly reminded me to methods in Software Engineering … Continue reading
Humanities #fail
Basic hermeneutic ideas, like the influence of context on meaning and understanding of things seems to be a completely new idea for many contemporaries. Continue reading
Posted in Analytic Epistemology
Tagged abstraction, business, conflict, dialectics, engineering, epistemology, hermeneutics, humanities, interpretation, psycology, rant, science, social, software
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Rich World – Poor Models
How can an inherently complex reality be mapped to formal models? Comprising the context and choosing the right abstractions can help. Continue reading
Toyota and the Infinite Richness of B.C. Smith
If a failure has occurred then humans AND formal systems have contributed to it. Continue reading
Posted in Analytic Epistemology, Software Modelling
Tagged B.C. Smith, gemalto, LFHI Risk, quality, toyota, Y2010 bug
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When to call a system “small”
‘Small’ units are a sort of lower bound for structuring things in the real world. Continue reading
Posted in Analytic Epistemology
Tagged abstraction, analysis, Complexity, dirk siefkes, epistemology, model, modeling, siefkes, small, small system, system
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How is life between the formal and the real world?
This blog is not on Model Theory. This blog is not on practical modeling (languages or processes). This is about strolling in the space between formal systems and the real world. So, come and have fun!
