Die Konstruktion komplexer historischer Modelle
In this article, an exploration of a „second order variety" is undertaken which concludes with some new insights into the long-running debate on the reversibility or irreversibility of historical processes. The investigation begins with a detailed methodological discussion of the legitimate and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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StudienVerlag
1997-01-01
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| Series: | Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften |
| Online Access: | https://journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/oezg/article/view/5698 |
| Summary: | In this article, an exploration of a „second order variety" is undertaken which concludes with some new insights into the long-running debate on the reversibility or irreversibility of historical processes. The investigation begins with a detailed methodological discussion of the legitimate and irreducible multiplicity of potentially complex historical models which refer to virtually identical processes of socio-economic transformation. In view of the surprising diversity of the potential models analyscd, a new type of investigation is proposed, namely a series of „second order analyses" which are designed to identify the self-referential second order features inherent in complex model building such as the attributes of attributes, the dynamics of dynamics, the models of models and, lastly, the evolution of evolution. |
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| ISSN: | 1016-765X 2707-966X |