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Measurement, Realism and Objectivity

Author : J. Forge
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400939191
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Measurement, Realism and Objectivity written by J. Forge and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The institutionalization of History and Philosophy of Science as a distinct field of scholarly endeavour began comparatively earl- though not always under that name - in the Australasian region. An initial lecturing appointment was made at the University of Melbourne immediately after the Second World War, in 1946, and other appoint ments followed as the subject underwent an expansion during the 1950s and 1960s similar to that which took place in other parts of the world. Today there are major Departments at the University of Melbourne, the University of New South Wales and the University of Wollongong, and smaller groups active in many other parts of Australia and in New Zealand. "Australasian Studies in History and Philosophy of Science" aims to provide a distinctive publication outlet for Australian and New Zealand scholars working in the general area of history, philosophy and social studies of science. Each volume comprises a group of essays on a connected theme, edited by an Australian or a New Zealander with special expertise in that particular area. Papers address general issues, however, rather than local ones; parochial topics are avoided. Further more, though in each volume a majority of the contributors is from Australia or New Zealand, contributions from elsewhere are by no means ruled out. Quite the reverse, in fact - they are actively encour aged wherever appropriate to the balance of the volume in question.

Idealism, Relativism, and Realism

Author : Dominik Finkelde
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110670348
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Book Synopsis Idealism, Relativism, and Realism by : Dominik Finkelde

Download or read book Idealism, Relativism, and Realism written by Dominik Finkelde and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several debates of the last years within the research field of contemporary realism – known under titles such as "New Realism," "Continental Realism," or "Speculative Materialism" – have shown that science is not systematically the ultimate measure of truth and reality. This does not mean that we should abandon the notions of truth or objectivity all together, as has been posited repeatedly within certain currents of twentieth century philosophy. However, within the research field of contemporary realism, the concept of objectivity itself has not been adequately refined. What is objective is supposed to be true outside a subject’s biases, interpretations and opinions, having truth conditions that are met by the way the world is. The volume combines articles of internationally outstanding authors who have published on either Idealism, Epistemic Relativism, or Realism and often locate themselves within one of these divergent schools of thought. As such, the volume focuses on these traditions with the aim of clarifying what the concept objectivity nowadays stands for within contemporary ontology and epistemology beyond the analytic-continental divide. With articles from: Jocelyn Benoist, Ray Brassier, G. Anthony Bruno, Dominik Finkelde, Markus Gabriel, Deborah Goldgaber, Iain Hamilton Grant, Graham Harman, Johannes Hübner, Andrea Kern, Anton F. Koch, Martin Kusch, Paul M. Livingston, Paul Redding, Sebastian Rödl, Dieter Sturma.

The Uncertainty of Measurements

Author : Shri Krishna Kimothi
Publisher : Quality Press
ISBN 13 : 1636941818
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book The Uncertainty of Measurements written by Shri Krishna Kimothi and published by Quality Press. This book was released on 2001-11-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The uncertainty of measurement results is drawing attention of managers, metrologists and customers. The accuracy of measurements affects all of us in trade, commerce, safety, health care environmental protection and more. The quality of these measurements are regulated by a variety of government agencies. Measurement also plays an important role in manufacturing and service organizations. Use this book to learn more about metrology and the need for reliable measurements. You can also learn about measurement system and quality of measurement systems, objectives and methods. Statistical techniques in metrology are also explained. Examples of measurement data and random variables, probability density functions, sampling distribution, statistical estimation degrees of freedom and regression are included. An entire chapter is devoted to measurement errors. The book goes in-depth into explaining national and international measurement systems and standards, and includes a complete chapter on calibration and measurement trace ability. Measurement Uncertainty will show how to evaluate various uncertainties in measurements using several approaches including international consensus. Calibration laboratories can look specifically at the chapter on that profession to guide them in their measurement improvements. Kimothi also looks at specific industries and their measurement capabilities and includes examples of R&R studies. A great resource for the CQE, CQT, CCT, CSSBB certification exams!

Instrumental Realism

Author : Don Ihde
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253206268
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Instrumental Realism written by Don Ihde and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1991-05-22 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ihde is perhaps uniquely situated to provide authoritative accounts of such diverse philosophical traditions as those involved in current explorations of the technology of scientific instruments.... Ihde's book breaks new ground and... makes an important debate accessible." --Robert Ackermann Instrumental Realism has three principal aims: to advocate a "praxis-perception" approach to the philosophy of science; to explore ways in which such an approach offers a mutually illuminating overlap with a philosophy of technology; and to examine comparatively and critically the work of some who advocate an "instrumental realist" approach to the philosophy of science.

Controversy in Marketing Theory: For Reason, Realism, Truth and Objectivity

Author : Shelby D. Hunt
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 131529088X
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book Controversy in Marketing Theory: For Reason, Realism, Truth and Objectivity written by Shelby D. Hunt and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book distinguished theorist and author Shelby D. Hunt analyzes the major controversies in the "philosophy debates" raging throughout the field of marketing. Using an historical approach, Hunt argues against relativism and for scientific realism as a philosophy for guiding marketing research and theory. He also shows how the pursuit of truth and objectivity in marketing research are both possible and desirable. Specific controversies analyzed in the book include: Does positivism dominate marketing research? Does positivism imply quantitive methods? Is relativism an appropriate foundation for marketing research? Does relativism imply pluralism, tolerance, and openness? Should marketing pursue the goal of objective research? An ideal companion to Hunt's classic text, Foundations of Marketing Theory, this volume will be equally useful on its own in any graduate level course on marketing theory.

An Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Author : G.H.R. Parkinson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134988168
Total Pages : 958 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book An Encyclopedia of Philosophy written by G.H.R. Parkinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Presents a broad survey of philosophical thought * Each chapter explores, and places in context, a major area of philosophical enquiry - including the theory of meaning and of truth, the theory of knowledge, the philosophies of mathematics, science and metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, moral and political philosophy, aesthetics, and religion * Annotated bibliographies for each chapter and indexes of names and subjects * Glossary of commonly-used philosophical terms * Chronological table of the history of philosophy from 1600 `It is a fine achievement and deserves the warmest praise ... Anyone interested in learning what contemporary philosophical debate is about will find this book invaluable ... for a book of this size and quality of content the cover price is modest. Every public library as well as every university, college and school library should have a copy on its shelves.' - Times Higher Education Supplement `A stimulating collection.' - Reference Reviews

Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications

Author : Luca Longo
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030623025
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications written by Luca Longo and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-23 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications, H-WORKLOAD 2020, held in Granda, Spain*, in December 2020. The volume presents one keynote paper as well as 13 revised full papers, which were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. The papers are organized in two topical sections on models and applications. *The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Taking Morality Seriously

Author : David Enoch
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019161856X
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Taking Morality Seriously written by David Enoch and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-07-28 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Taking Morality Seriously: A Defense of Robust Realism David Enoch develops, argues for, and defends a strongly realist and objectivist view of ethics and normativity more broadly. This view—according to which there are perfectly objective, universal, moral and other normative truths that are not in any way reducible to other, natural truths—is familiar, but this book is the first in-detail development of the positive motivations for the view into reasonably precise arguments. And when the book turns defensive—defending Robust Realism against traditional objections—it mobilizes the original positive arguments for the view to help with fending off the objections. The main underlying motivation for Robust Realism developed in the book is that no other metaethical view can vindicate our taking morality seriously. The positive arguments developed here—the argument from the deliberative indispensability of normative truths, and the argument from the moral implications of metaethical objectivity (or its absence)—are thus arguments for Robust Realism that are sensitive to the underlying, pre-theoretical motivations for the view.

Scientific Realism and the Quantum

Author : Steven French
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192546562
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Scientific Realism and the Quantum written by Steven French and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-13 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quantum theory is widely regarded as one of the most successful theories in the history of science. It explains a hugely diverse array of phenomena and is a natural candidate for our best representation of the world at the level of 'fundamental' physics. But how can the world be the way quantum theory says it is? It is famously unclear what the world is like according to quantum physics, which presents a serious problem for the scientific realist who is committed to regarding our best theories as more or less true. The present volume canvasses a variety of responses to this problem, from restricting or revising realism in different ways to exploring entirely new directions in the lively debate surrounding realist interpretations of quantum physics. Some urge us to focus on new formulations of the theory itself, while others examine the status of scientific realism in the further context of quantum field theory. Each chapter is written by a renowned specialist in the field and is aimed at graduate students and researchers in both physics and the philosophy of science. Together they offer a range of illuminating new perspectives on this fundamental debate and exemplify the fruitful interaction between physics and philosophy.

Measurements and Time Reversal in Objective Quantum Theory

Author : F. J. Belinfante
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483155064
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book Measurements and Time Reversal in Objective Quantum Theory written by F. J. Belinfante and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measurements and Time Reversal in Objective Quantum Theory is a three-chapter book that begins with a discussion on the fundamentals of conventional quantum theory. The second chapter focuses on the time arrow of quantum theory. It specifically presents a schematized account of the results of an interesting paper on time reversal in quantum theory published by Aharonov, Bergmann, and Lebowitz. The last chapter presents the authors' conclusions and additional comments in this field. This book will be valuable to students of wave mechanics and will serve as a supplement to textbooks, which fail to present an appropriate discussion of these matters.

New Horizons For Second-order Cybernetics

Author : Alexander Riegler
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9813226277
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book New Horizons For Second-order Cybernetics written by Alexander Riegler and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In almost 60 articles this book reviews the current state of second-order cybernetics and investigates which new research methods second-order cybernetics can offer to tackle wicked problems in science and in society. The contributions explore its application to both scientific fields (such as mathematics, psychology and consciousness research) and non-scientific ones (such as design theory and theater science). The book uses a pluralistic, multifaceted approach to discuss these applications: Each main article is accompanied by several commentaries and author responses, which together allow the reader to discover further perspectives than in the original article alone. This procedure shows that second-order cybernetics is already on its way to becoming an idea shared by many researchers in a variety of disciplines.

Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) 2015 Conference Proceedings

Author : Quan Zhang
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811016879
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) 2015 Conference Proceedings written by Quan Zhang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-06 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collects and organizes the original studies presented at PROMS 2015 conference on theories and applications of Rasch model. It provides useful examples of the Rasch model used to address practical measurement problems across a range of different disciplines including Item Response Theory (IRT), philosophy of measurement, dimensionality, the role of fit statistics and residuals, application, educational application, language testing, health-related research, business and industrial application and Rasch-based computer software. PROMS 2015 (Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium) was held from August 20-24th 2015, in Fukuoka, Japan. The goal of this conference is to bring together the researchers from academia, universities, hospitals, industry, management sector as well as practitioners to share ideas, problems and solutions relating to the multifaceted aspects of Rasch Model.

Truth and Objectivity

Author : Crispin Wright
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674045386
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Truth and Objectivity written by Crispin Wright and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crispin Wright offers an original perspective on the place of “realism” in philosophical inquiry. He proposes a radically new framework for discussing the claims of the realists and the anti-realists. This framework rejects the classical “deflationary” conception of truth yet allows both disputants to respect the intuition that judgments, whose status they contest, are at least semantically fitted for truth and may often justifiably be regarded as true. In the course of his argument, Wright offers original critical discussions of many central concerns of philosophers interested in realism, including the “deflationary” conception of truth, internal realist truth, scientific realism and the theoreticity of observation, and the role of moral states of affairs in explanations of moral beliefs.

Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality

Author : Jessie Y. C. Chen
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031610415
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (316 download)

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Download or read book Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality written by Jessie Y. C. Chen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Aristotelian Realist Philosophy of Mathematics

Author : J. Franklin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137400730
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book An Aristotelian Realist Philosophy of Mathematics written by J. Franklin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-04-09 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathematics is as much a science of the real world as biology is. It is the science of the world's quantitative aspects (such as ratio) and structural or patterned aspects (such as symmetry). The book develops a complete philosophy of mathematics that contrasts with the usual Platonist and nominalist options.

Intelligence and Realism

Author : Roy Nash
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349211435
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)

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Download or read book Intelligence and Realism written by Roy Nash and published by Springer. This book was released on 1990-11-23 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Manprint

Author : H.R. Booher
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400904371
Total Pages : 617 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Manprint written by H.R. Booher and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PERSPECTIVE This book is important to everyone concerned with the design and development of people-oriented systems. The Manpower and Personnel Integration (MANPRINT) program is a major military system procurement initiative adopted by the Army to focus on the needs and capabilities of the soldier. This program is unique in that it integrates six areas of user concerns which include human factors engineering, manpower, personnel, training, health hazards, and system safety throughout the development cycle of Army materiel. Even though MAN PRINT was developed for Army systems, the philosophy and techniques used in this program extend well beyond military systems used by soldiers. It can be applied to all products and systems used by people such as automobiles, airplanes, boats, control rooms, automated manufacturing, telecommunications, computers, and medical equipment. Interestingly, the impetus for MAN PRINT came from the senior managers who buy these systems. During the early and mid-1980s, two Army generals, M. R. Thurman and R. M. Elton, who served successively as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, were instrumental in fostering MANPRINT development. By the end of the 1980s, this program was integrated throughout the standard procurement system of the Army. The formal statement of acquisition policy is contained in Army Regulation 602-2.