It has frequently been argued that analogies may be valuable tools in teaching and learning
difficult scientific concepts (cf. Bauer & Richter, 1986; Gee, 1978; GobeL 1976; Klinger …

Schmidt (1990) claimed that consciousness, in the sense of awareness of the form of input at
the level of “noticing”, is necessary to subsequent second language acquisition (SLA). This …

Dieses Buch ist ein praktischer Leitfaden zur SSM (Soft Systems Methodology). Es
entwickelt Ideen von Systems Thinking und Systems Practice weiter, indem es aufzeigt, wie …

In arguably his most important book to date, Hodgson calls into question the tendency of
economic method to try and explain all economic phenomena by using the same catch-all …

This exciting new book from Geoffrey Hodgson is eagerly awaited by social scientists from
many different backgrounds. This book charts the rise, fall and renewal of institutional …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes a series of arguments and counterarguments
through which the ambivalence about analogy noted by recent commentators took definite …

This article outlines the different knowledge functions of metaphors in lay and scientific
discourses and proposes a methodology for the development of metaphors to yield deeper …

" No other work in this field covers the history of important conceptual issues in archaeology
in such a deep and knowledgable way, bringing both philosophical and archeological …

Throughout the history of social thought, there has been a constant battle over the true
nature of society, and the best way to understand and explain it. This volume covers the …

In the past thirty years, two fundamental issues have emerged in the philosophy of science.
One concerns the appropriate attitude we should take towards scientific theories--whether …