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Conclusion

In: Tool Kits in Regional Science

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  • Michael Sonis

    (University of Illinois, USA and Bar Ilan University)

Abstract

In this concluding chapter we will try to explain the fundamental role of empirical regularities of socio-economic spatial phenomena in the construction of theories in spatial analysis and regional science. These empirical regularities help to construct new theories by developing new mathematical schemes, which are not derived from exact sciences. The last centuries of scientific enquiry were characterized by growing differences between the development of exact sciences (mathematics, physics, and chemistry) and their “soft” counterpart (socio-economic, socio-ecological, biological and behavioral sciences, etc.). These differences were essentially based on the application of mathematical methods. Theories of exact sciences are mathematically formulated and use methods of modern mathematics and computer science. The “soft” sciences avoid the use of mathematical language, but the processes of mathematization and computerization increasingly spread in their theoretical development. The discrepancy between the theories of exact sciences and socioeconomic sciences is the direct inheritance of the separation and differentiation of sciences from previous millennia.

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  • Michael Sonis, 2009. "Conclusion," Advances in Spatial Science, in: Michael Sonis & Geoffrey J. D. Hewings (ed.), Tool Kits in Regional Science, chapter 12, pages 293-302, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-642-00627-2_12
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-00627-2_12
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