Thursday, 2 May 2019

{Catastrophe Theory [continued (5)]}[26th September 1988]


[Redbook5:361][19880926:1545e]{Catastrophe Theory [continued (5)]}[26th September 1988]

19880926.1545
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*But the uniqueness of sequences is ever more pronounced in the ‘soft’ sciences, concerned with Human behaviour. Some of the examples given** of applications, eg relating to mass political views and collective bargaining,*** seem to be, in each statement, either obvious,**** or wrong (ie not empirically confirmed).


*[See last previous entry]

**[In the Encyclopedia Britannica material, presumably: see [Redbook5:293][19880815:1628]{Cusps}[15th August 1988]]

***& manic depression

****I am reminded of the happy notion that mathematics is just a tautology…..



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