Beliefs, Models, and Analogies



To take a closer look at one of Rapoport's Beliefs, Models, and Analogies, click on the appropriate ball to the left of the subject which interests you.



Outstanding feature of behavior. (A, p. 92)
Description and prediction of behavior. (5, p. v)
Growth of Science. (D, p. 186)
Epistemological by-products of physical science. (E, p. 16)
Understanding the function of a model. (5, p. 185)
Usefulness of models. (5, p. 150)
Analysis vs. Synthesis. (2, pp. 211-212)
Chess playing machine as a step toward thought in a machine. (A, pp. 97-98)
Society as an organism. (2, pp. 139-150)
Open vs. Closed systems -- a comment on the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. (A, p. 88)
Living organism as an open system. (2, p. 242)
Discussion of "Maxwell's Demon" as a violation of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. (2, p. 186)


This page was last updated on July 29, 1996, by Dr. Umpleby.