2 Matching Annotations
- Nov 2022
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library.oapen.org library.oapen.org
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Models, Simulations, and The Reduction of Complexity
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- Aug 2017
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www.niemanlab.org www.niemanlab.org
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struggle upstream against the discursive power of the term, or playfully subvert it
How to deal with the problem of conceptualization, as the process of finding terms and applying meaning to things always means reduction of complexity? A solution might be to subvert connotations and implicit meanings by highlighting certain presuppositions. This might be the task of social science, in a broader sense of philosophy (cf. Adorno, who defines philosophy's major task, simply put, in interpreting the world).
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