
The Systems Thinker - Mental Models

Modeling dynamic systems.
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What makes a model useful?
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Complex Mental Models
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How to use mental models in systems thinking?
Albert Rutherford • The Systems Thinker - Mental Models
In sum, mental models contain old empirical knowledge and have the potential to support new knowledge that is built upon the old.
Albert Rutherford • The Systems Thinker - Mental Models
A mental model is a model that is created and tried in our conscious mind. “Conscious” in this sense implies awareness about our surroundings and our relation to the world.
Albert Rutherford • The Systems Thinker - Mental Models
Chapter 2: What Are Mental Models?
Albert Rutherford • The Systems Thinker - Mental Models
Scientific Thinking
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Quantitative Thinking