Playing with Worlds
If we must play with toy worlds to see if we can mimic the “natural condition” of Hobbes, it is good to see whether our… Read More »Playing with Worlds
ECPR2020
Behind the Reproduction Number
So far I have derived as much insight as possible from two series of simple numbers, thought Mr. Node, the weekly numbers of COVID infections… Read More »Behind the Reproduction Number
A Hypothesis
Mr. Node summarizes what he ventured to deduce from the infection, death and reproduction numbers. Assuming that there are such things as mean incubation times… Read More »A Hypothesis
Requirements for a Leviathan Game
From the summary you can read the requirements of what a Leviathan game must meet. We need individuals who inhabit a piece of land together… Read More »Requirements for a Leviathan Game
Modeling the State of Nature
Hobbes’ Leviathan is written in separate paragraphs. Chapters XIII (of the natural state of humanity, regarding their happiness and misery) & XIV (of the first… Read More »Modeling the State of Nature
Hobbes, Hofstadter, Feyerabend
An exceptional company. Node puts them side by side to help him present his ABSM approach in a minute. Hobbes because he sees behavioral science… Read More »Hobbes, Hofstadter, Feyerabend
Civil and Natural Philosophy
We wrote earlier “[…] There is also no definite place for ABMS as a research method when it must come to fruition in ‘such a… Read More »Civil and Natural Philosophy
Agent-based modeling for political research
This is part of a contribution to Section 63 of the ECPR 2020 conference. In terms of the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference (planned in Innsbruck)… Read More »Agent-based modeling for political research
Agent-based modeling for political culture theory application
[ECPR2020 abstract] Section 63 of the ECPR 2020 conference aims at considering polity (state structure, -operation, and -dynamics) from the perspectives of political culture theory… Read More »Agent-based modeling for political culture theory application