Géeometrie et langage La Structure des modèles en sciences sociales et en sciences physiques

Abstract

Geometry and language: the structure of models in social sciences and in physical sciences. The first part argues that in physical sciences models are essentially based on visual or reified geometry while in the social sciences, models are often based on language constructions and, in particular, metaphors. The second part examines in detail the relationship between research in the physical sciences and in the social sciences, specifically according to their ontological reference to the models they use. Everyday language is the physical sciences is analyzed as well as three theories of metaphor. The author develops the idea that in the social sciences, there is a deterministic relationship between metaphoric models and social ontology.