"Artificial Societies" and the Social Sciences

nized according to abstract classificatory principles..."5 Adorno's point was that 1 Adorno, T.W., Dahrendorf, R., Pilot, H., Albert, H., Habermas, J. and Popper, K.:The Positivist Dispute in German Sociology, trans. Glyn Adey and David Frisby. London: Heinemann, 1976: 296. 2 Albrecht Wellmer responded with a critical analysis of Popper's views in 1967, and another on positivism and critical theory in 1969, while Jurgen Habermas made several unsuccessful forays at clarifying Adorno's response to Popper (see his chapter in Adorno et al 1976., ibid; and Knowledge and Human Interests: London, Heinemann, 1972 [1968]). Albrecht Wellmer, 1967: Methodologie als Erkenntnistheorie. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp; 1969 (1971): Critical Theory of Society. New York: Herder and Herder. 3 For an historical overview, see Nigel Gilbert, "Modeling Sociality: The View from Europe", in T.Kohler and G. Gumerman, eds., Dynamics in Human and Primate Societies:Agent-based Modeling of Socia...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2002
• Where: ALIFE
• Authors: J. Stephen Lansing
• Keywords: Adorno Et, Albrecht Wellmer, ALIFE 2002, ALIFE 2007, Critical Theory