The purpose of this paper is to argue for clarity of methodology in social science simulation. Simulation is now at a stage in the social sciences where it is important to be clear why simulation should be used and what it is intended to achieve. The paper goes on to discuss a particularly...

The main purpose of this paper is to suggest a general scheme for the examination of claims to scientific authority. The formulation of a scheme within which rational discourse can take place, and comparisons between competing paradigms can be made, is argued to have particular urgency for the...