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Modelling in the Humanities: Linking Patterns to Principles
Modellieren in den Geisteswissenschaften: Verbindung von Prinzipien und Mustern
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Abstract Modelling is ubiquitous in the humanities: while scholars do many things, the search for patterns and principles, and the links between them, is found in all humanistic disciplines and periods. Modelling in antiquity consisted mainly of explaining and constraining patterns by means of principles. In... mehr
Modelling is ubiquitous in the humanities: while scholars do many things, the search for patterns and principles, and the links between them, is found in all humanistic disciplines and periods. Modelling in antiquity consisted mainly of explaining and constraining patterns by means of principles. In the early modern period, modelling also included the prediction and refutation of patterns by means of these principles. Since the late nineteenth century, the focus shifted to interpreting and criticizing patterns by means of principles. I will discuss some commonalities between modelling in the humanities and in the sciences. The exploration of different modelling strategies and practices in the (history of the) humanities has just begun and may lead to a new field coined History and Philosophy of the Humanities (HPH), analogous to History and Philosophy of Science (HPS)... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Erkenntnistheorie; Deutung; historische Entwicklung; Geisteswissenschaft; Informatik; Verstehen; Naturwissenschaft; Interpretation; Deutungsmuster
Klassifikation
Geisteswissenschaften
Freie Schlagwörter
Patterns; Principles; Modelling; Exceptions; Explaining; Understanding; Interpretation
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2018
Seitenangabe
S. 78-95
Zeitschriftentitel
Historical Social Research, Supplement (2018) 31
Heftthema
Models and Modelling between Digital & Humanities - A Multidisciplinary Perspective
ISSN
0963-6784
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)