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(2011) Integrative problem-solving in a time of decadence, Dordrecht, Springer.
In the course of integrative problem solving (IPS), in the broad sense, investigators encounter a plethora of models representing aspects of the real-world that seem relevant to the solution of the problem at hand. These models (mathematical or otherwise, analytical or computational) are characterized by a varying degree of complexity and fundamentality. One cannot be perfectly sure which model is the best one for the situation, in the same way that one cannot know absolutely in a metaphysical sense. This was, in fact, Plato's philosophical perspective: ultimate reality (or pure forms; see Section 2.2.4) is too perfect to be knowable by humans.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9890-0_8
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Christakos, G. (2011). On model-choice, in Integrative problem-solving in a time of decadence, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 397-425.
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