کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5130391 1490320 2017 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Theories that narrate the world: Ronald A. Fisher's mass selection and Sewall Wright's shifting balance
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی علوم انسانی و هنر تاریخ
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Theories that narrate the world: Ronald A. Fisher's mass selection and Sewall Wright's shifting balance
چکیده انگلیسی

Theories are composed of multiple interacting components. I argue that some theories have narratives as essential components, and that narratives function as integrative devices of the mathematical components of theories. Narratives represent complex processes unfolding in time as a sequence of stages, and hold the mathematical elements together as pieces in the investigation of a given process. I present two case studies from population genetics: R. A. Fisher's “mas selection” theory, and Sewall Wright's shifting balance theory. I apply my analysis to an early episode of the “R. A. Fisher - Sewall Wright controversy.”

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A - Volume 62, April 2017, Pages 22-30
نویسندگان
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