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A computational approach to psycho-social systems practice theory :Foundations and formalism.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A computational approach to psycho-social systems practice theory :
Reminder of title:	Foundations and formalism.
Author:	Stroh, Eylon.
Description:	278 p.
Notes:	Advisers: Michael Fehling; Julius Moravcsik.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-09, Section: B, page: 4468.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International64-09B.
Subject:	Computer Science.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3104156
ISBN:	0496517244

A computational approach to psycho-social systems practice theory :Foundations and formalism.
Stroh, Eylon.

A computational approach to psycho-social systems practice theory :Foundations and formalism. [electronic resource] - 278 p.

Advisers: Michael Fehling; Julius Moravcsik.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2003.

I select the pi↑-calculus---the pi-calculus extended with the interrupt operator---as the formalism for the computational practice theory. Although the pi-calculus has many desirable qualities for the study of psychosocial systems, the interrupt operator is necessary for the purpose of modeling reflection as a complex of monitoring practices. The interrupt operator is not definable in the pi-calculus. The pi↑-calculus allows for finer observational equivalence relations than the pi-calculus: an observer process may be sensitive to termination properties of processes and to some internal actions. The dissertation concludes with a formal account of several social-scientific constructs in the computational practice theory.

ISBN: 0496517244Subjects--Topical Terms:

212513
Computer Science.

A computational approach to psycho-social systems practice theory :Foundations and formalism.
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520 # $a I select the pi↑-calculus---the pi-calculus extended with the interrupt operator---as the formalism for the computational practice theory. Although the pi-calculus has many desirable qualities for the study of psychosocial systems, the interrupt operator is necessary for the purpose of modeling reflection as a complex of monitoring practices. The interrupt operator is not definable in the pi-calculus. The pi↑-calculus allows for finer observational equivalence relations than the pi-calculus: an observer process may be sensitive to termination properties of processes and to some internal actions. The dissertation concludes with a formal account of several social-scientific constructs in the computational practice theory.
520 # $a The basic units of psycho-social systems are practices: ongoing computations, characterized by their recurrence properties. Practices are generative dispositions. They are the building blocks of both individual agency and social structure. The practice theory presented in this dissertation allows for a scalable perspective on social agency: practices are the units of analysis from the sub-personal level to the institutional. It is, moreover, a relational account of agency: individual agency is fundamentally social in character. Conversely, this account rejects the treatment of social structure as external to individual agents. Structural dynamics are dual to the actions of the individual agents. The process of inquiry in social science is not exempt from general conditions on the interactions of social agents. Observation is central to the process of social interaction, including the interaction between the social scientist and the system under study.
520 # $a This dissertation presents a practice theory of psycho-social systems. The practice theory presented here is a rigorous approach to the study of both individual and collective agents as computational entities. The rigor is both formal and informal: the formal discussion follows a foundational analysis of issues from philosophy, cognitive science, and social science. Thus, this dissertation provides the necessary foundations for models in the field of computational organization theory, as well as for "Strong AI" models of individual cognition.
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