The Real World by Kerry Ferris

The Real World by Kerry Ferris

This book contains contributions presented during the international conference on Model-Based Reasoning (MBR 012), held on June 21-23 in Sestri Levante, Italy. Interdisciplinary researchers discuss in this volume how scientific cognition and other kinds of cognition make use of models, abduction, and explanatory reasoning in order to produce important or creative changes in theories and concepts. Some of the contributions analyzed the problem of model-based reasoning in technology and stressed the issues of scientific and technological innovation. The book is divided in three main parts: models, mental models, representations; abduction, problem solving and practical reasoning; historical, epistemological and technological issues.

The volume is based on the papers that were presented at the international

Ferris, Kerry: - Kerry Ferris is Associate Professor of Sociology at Northern Illinois University. She uses ethnographic methods to study fame as a system of social power. Currently, she is researching the lives of professional celebrity impersonators and also analyzing the emotions communicated by celebrities in red-carpet interviews.

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ISBN 13	9780393912173
ISBN 10	0393912175
Title	The Real World
Author	Kerry Ferris
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	W. W. Norton And Company
Year published	2012-01-15
Number of pages	608
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