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In the Beginning Was Chiasmus: On the Epistemology of Non-quantified Modelling
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Chiastic order is an ancient expression for cross-classification. As such, it is the primordial form of non-quantified modelling and combinatory heuristics. This book presents an epistemological hi...
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20 August 2026
Chiastic order is an ancient expression for cross-classification. As such, it is the primordial form of non-quantified modelling and combinatory heuristics. This book presents an epistemological history of non-quantified modelling: its prehistory in the form of rhetorical and epistemic chiasmus; its early (pre-symbolic) use by Plato as a cross-order (paradigmatic) modelling method; its prototype development by Ramon Llull as a heuristic ars combinatoria; its “modern” use by Gottfried Leibniz based on a calculus of concepts; and Fritz Zwicky’s 20th-century promotion of the “morphological approach”. Examples of contemporary computer-aided combinatorial modelling are presented in the areas of operational research, policy analysis, scenario development and design theory.
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Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Value Inquiry Book Series
Publication Date:
20 August 2026
ISBN: 9789004756977
Format: Hardcover
Tom Ritchey is former Research Director of the Institution for Technology Foresight and Assessment in Stockholm. He is a modelling theorist with a background in operational research, decision theory and the history and philosophy of science.