Complexity and Context-Dependency

Foundations of Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 745-755

  Edmonds, Bruce ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphism; Complexity; Context; Generality; Models; Pragmatics

Indexed keywords

MODELS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ANTHROPOMORPHISM; COMPLEXITY; CONTEXT; GENERALITY; PRAGMATICS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84890440694     PISSN: 12331821     EISSN: 15728471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10699-012-9303-x     Document Type: Article

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