PHYSICS 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Conceptual System, Intersubjectivity, Linear Programming
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Modelling is then considered to be the process of developing those representational descriptions by means of for example graphs, tables, equations, causal models, and flow charts. A model (=theory) is a set of statements about the relationship(s) between two or more concepts or constructs. Concept: building blocks of understanding: example: chair, mammal, conceptualizing: by using their mental processes to consider and sort their experiences in terms of the concepts they have acquired and stored in memory. It is our concepts that enable us to achieve some basic understanding of the world. Example: gender, religion, time, intelligence: gender has two set of values, both man and female. Example: all animals eat vs elephants, horses, dogs, cats etc. eat. Samuel ichiye hayakawa: the symbol is not the thing symbolized; the word is not the thing; the map is not the territory it stands for. Conclusion: the model is not the real world. Models are mental representations of the real world.
