LAWS or MODELS ?
Charles François (2004). LAWS or MODELS ?, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 1866.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1866 ▶ |
| Object type | Epistemology, ontology or semantics |
According to the preceeding comments by A. RAPOPORT, we should not confuse laws with models: “If it happens that several phenomena of widely different content can be described by the same mathematical model, both simplification and generalization have been effected. Therein lies the power of mathematical general systems theory” (1972, p.24).