数理社会学
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社会学 |
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理论和历史 |
实证主义 · 反实证主义 結構與能動性 |
研究方法 |
定性 · 定量 · 计算 · 民族誌 |
主题和分支 |
人口 · 團體 · 組織 · 社會化 種族 · 休閒 · 鄉村 · 環境 · 災難 |
相关学科 |
社会语言学 · 媒体研究 社会生物学 · 社會地理學 |
数理社会学是运用数学构建社会学理论的学科。数理社会学的目标是将那些在直觉上很明显但并未形成正式观点的社会学理论,用正式的术语表达出来。这种做法的好处包括增强理论的明确性以及用数学找出直觉不能得出的理论内涵。数理社会学所偏好的研究方式可以概括为:“建立一个数学模型”。这意味着针对一些社会现象提出具体假设,用数学语言进行表达,然后为其提供基于经验的阐释。还意味着推导所建立模型的特性,并将它和相关的经验数据进行比较。社会网络分析是这个子领域对社会学整体和整个科学界所做出的最著名的贡献。 数理社会学中的模型通常能帮助社会学家搞懂如何通过当地可预测的交互作用推导出全球的社会结构模式[1]。
参考资料
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延伸阅读
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外部链接
- Mathematical Sociology Section Home Page
- The Society for Mathematical Biology
- Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics
- European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (ESMTB)
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