Principles and Methods of Reductionism: 2. Reductionism in the Human Sciences.
Chapter 2 of Part I of the book "Reductionism in Drama & the Theater: The Case of Samuel Beckett" is presented. It explores various challenges associated with the direct application of reductionist principle in the humanities, sociology and psychology. According to it, the mathematical theory of tex...
| Publicado en: | Reductionism in Drama & the Theater: The Case of Samuel Beckett pp. 22 - 29 |
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| Formato: | Capítulo de libro |
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Digitalia Publishing Corp.
1992
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| Sumario: | Chapter 2 of Part I of the book "Reductionism in Drama & the Theater: The Case of Samuel Beckett" is presented. It explores various challenges associated with the direct application of reductionist principle in the humanities, sociology and psychology. According to it, the mathematical theory of text is similar to the principles and methods of information theory in which literary works are analyzes in terms of quantifiable relations through assigning numbers to a specific information signal such as word, phrase or sentence. |
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