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Rational Accidents

Author : John Downer
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262377020
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Rational Accidents written by John Downer and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unflinching look at the unique challenges posed by complex technologies we cannot afford to let fail—and why the remarkable achievements of civil aviation can help us understand those challenges. Nuclear reactors, deep-sea drilling platforms, deterrence infrastructures—these are all complex and formidable technologies with the potential to fail catastrophically. In Rational Accidents, John Downer outlines a new perspective on technological failure, arguing that undetectable errors can lurk in even the most rigorous and “rational” assessments of these systems due to the inherent limits of engineering tests and models. Downer finds that it should be impossible, from an epistemological viewpoint, to achieve the near-perfect reliability that we require of our most safety-critical technologies. There is, however, one such technology that demonstrably appears to achieve these “impossible” reliabilities: jetliners. Downer looks closely at civil aviation and how it has reckoned with the problem of failure. He finds that the way we conceive of jetliner reliability hides the real practices by which it is achieved. And he shows us why those practices are much less transferrable across technological domains than we are led to believe. Fully understanding why jetliners don't crash, he concludes, should lead us to doubt the safety of other “ultra-reliable” technologies. A unique and sobering exploration of technological reliability from an STS perspective, Rational Accidents is essential reading for understanding why our most safety-critical technologies are even more dangerous than we believe.

Rational Accidents

Author : John R. Downer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780262377010
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Rational Accidents written by John R. Downer and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There are limits to what engineers can know, and this means that not every technological failure can be anticipated or avoided. The book explores this observation in the context of technologies that cannot be allowed to fail, e.g., jetliners"--

Risk, Uncertainty, and Rational Action

Author : Carlo Jaeger
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 9781853837623
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (376 download)

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Download or read book Risk, Uncertainty, and Rational Action written by Carlo Jaeger and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2001 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Risk as we now know it is a wholly new phenomenon, the by-product of our ever more complex and powerful technologies. In business, policy making, and in everyday life, it demands a new way of looking at technological and environmental uncertainty.In this definitive volume, four of the world's leading risk researchers present a fundamental critique of the prevailing approaches to understanding and managing risk - the 'rational actor paradigm'. They show how risk studies must incorporate the competing interests, values, and rationalities of those involved and find a balance of trust and acceptable risk. Their work points to a comprehensive and significant new theory of risk and uncertainty and of the decision making process they require. The implications for social, political, and environmental theory and practice are enormous. Winner of the 2000-2002 Outstanding Publication Award of the Section on Environment and Technology of the American Sociological Association

Eternal Life and Human Happiness in Heaven

Author : Christopher M. Brown
Publisher : CUA Press
ISBN 13 : 081323414X
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Eternal Life and Human Happiness in Heaven written by Christopher M. Brown and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2021-08-22 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eternal Life and Human Happiness in Heaven treats four apparent problems concerning eternal life in order to clarify our thinking about perfect human happiness in heaven. The teachings of St. Thomas Aquinas provide the basis for solutions to these four problems about eternal life insofar as his teachings call into question common contemporary theological or philosophical presuppositions about God, human persons, and the nature of heaven itself. Indeed, these Thomistic solutions often require us to think very differently from our contemporaries. But thinking differently with St. Thomas is worth it: for the Thomistic solutions to these apparent problems are more satisfying, on both theological and philosophical grounds, than a number of contemporary theological and philosophical approaches. Christopher Brown deploys his argument in four sections. The first section lays out, in three chapters, four apparent problems concerning eternal life—Is heaven a mystical or social reality? Is heaven other-worldly or this-worldly? Is heaven static or dynamic? Won’t human persons eventually get bored in heaven? Brown then explains how and why some important contemporary Christian theologians and philosophers resolve these problems, and notes serious problems with each of these contemporary solutions. The second section explains, in five chapters, St. Thomas’ significant distinction between the essential reward of the saints in heaven and the accidental reward, and treats in detail his account of that in which the essential reward consists, namely, the beatific vision and the proper accidents of the vision (delight, joy, and charity). The third section treats, in five chapters, St. Thomas’ views on the multifaceted accidental reward in heaven, where the accidental reward includes, among other things, glorified human embodiment, participation in the communion of the saints, and the joy experienced by the saints in sensing God’s “new heavens and new earth.” Finally, section four argues, in four chapters, that St. Thomas’ views allow for powerful solutions to the four apparent problems about eternal life examined in the first section. These solutions are powerful because, not only are they consistent with authoritative, Catholic Christian Tradition, but they do not raise any of the significant theological or philosophical problems that attend the contemporary theological and philosophical solutions examined in the first section.

Logic and the Art of Memory

Author : Paolo Rossi
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226728269
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Logic and the Art of Memory written by Paolo Rossi and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2000-12-15 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mnemonic arts and the idea of a universal language that would capture the essence of all things were originally associated with cryptology, mysticism, and other occult practices. And it is commonly held that these enigmatic efforts were abandoned with the development of formal logic in the seventeenth century and the beginning of the modern era. In his distinguished book, Logic and the Art of Memory Italian philosopher and historian Paolo Rossi argues that this view is belied by an examination of the history of the idea of a universal language. Based on comprehensive analyses of original texts, Rossi traces the development of this idea from late medieval thinkers such as Ramon Lull through Bruno, Bacon, Descartes, and finally Leibniz in the seventeenth century. The search for a symbolic mode of communication that would be intelligible to everyone was not a mere vestige of magical thinking and occult sciences, but a fundamental component of Renaissance and Enlightenment thought. Seen from this perspective, modern science and combinatorial logic represent not a break from the past but rather its full maturity. Available for the first time in English, this book (originally titled Clavis Universalis) remains one of the most important contributions to the history of ideas ever written. In addition to his eagerly anticipated translation, Steven Clucas offers a substantial introduction that places this book in the context of other recent works on this fascinating subject. A rich history and valuable sourcebook, Logic and the Art of Memory documents an essential chapter in the development of human reason.

Monthly Bulletin

Author : International Railway Congress Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1320 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monthly Bulletin written by International Railway Congress Association and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Economic and Social Effects of the Spread of Motor Vehicles

Author : Theo Barker
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 134908624X
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Economic and Social Effects of the Spread of Motor Vehicles written by Theo Barker and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rational Choice in an Uncertain World

Author : Reid Hastie
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761922759
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (227 download)

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Download or read book Rational Choice in an Uncertain World written by Reid Hastie and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001-04-13 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Edition, Winner of the prestigious William James Award from the American Psychological Association An understanding of the principles of rational decision making can help students improve the quality of their lives. Intended as an introductory textbook, the material in Rational Choice in an Uncertain World is not only of scholarly interest, but practical as well. Created specifically for courses on judgement and decision-making, this book makes research readily accessible to both undergraduate and graduate students. This Second Edition of the award-winning book, Rational Choice in an Uncertain World (1988) by Robyn M. Dawes, is sure to interest and enlighten students at all levels. This new edition features: · New student friendly chapter introductions as well as conclusions and cross-references between chapters. · Award-winning authors are respected professors with over 30 years of experience in the field. · Practical, everyday examples from such areas as finance, medicine, law, and engineering. · Comprehensive and up-to-date information keep this edition abreast of the changing ideas within the discipline · Additional discussion of the descriptive, psychological models of decision making to expand upon the original emphasis on normative, rational, `Expected Utility Theory′ models. Equipped with this knowledge and an understanding of the principles of rational decision making, both undergraduate and graduate students can help improve the quality of their choices and, thus, their life.

Essays on Freedom of Action (Routledge Revivals)

Author : Ted Honderich
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317516133
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Essays on Freedom of Action (Routledge Revivals) written by Ted Honderich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-03 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on Freedom of Action, first published in 1973, brings together original papers by contemporary British and American philosophers on questions which have long concerned philosophers and others: the question of whether persons are wholly a part of the natural world and their actions the necessary effects of causal processes, and the question of whether our actions are free, and such that we can be held responsible for them, even if they are the necessary effects of casual processes. This volume will be of interest not only to those who are primarily concerned with philosophy but also to students in those many other disciplines in which freedom and determinism arise as problems.

Bulletin of the International Railway Congress Association

Author : International Railway Congress Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin of the International Railway Congress Association written by International Railway Congress Association and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bulletin of the International Railway Association

Author : International Railway Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1282 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin of the International Railway Association written by International Railway Association and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bulletin of the International Railway Congress Association [English Edition]

Author : International Railway Congress Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1694 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin of the International Railway Congress Association [English Edition] written by International Railway Congress Association and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bulletin of the International Railway Congress

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1340 pages
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Download or read book Bulletin of the International Railway Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Communication as ...

Author : Gregory J. Shepherd
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1506318940
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Communication as ... written by Gregory J. Shepherd and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2005-05-26 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Communication as...: Perspectives on Theory, editors Gregory J. Shepherd, Jeffrey St. John, and Ted Striphas bring together a collection of 27 essays that explores the wide range of theorizing about communication, cutting across all lines of traditional division in the field. The essays in this text are written by leading scholars in the field of communication theory, with each scholar employing a particular stance or perspective on what communication theory is and how it functions. In essays that are brief, argumentative, and forceful, the scholars propose their perspective as a primary or essential way of viewing communication with decided benefits over other views.

Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Vintage Enthusiasms

Author : David DeVidi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400702140
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Vintage Enthusiasms written by David DeVidi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume includes twenty-five research papers presented as gifts to John L. Bell to celebrate his 60th birthday by colleagues, former students, friends and admirers. Like Bell’s own work, the contributions cross boundaries into several inter-related fields. The contributions are new work by highly respected figures, several of whom are among the key figures in their fields. Some examples: in foundations of maths and logic (William Lawvere, Peter Aczel, Graham Priest, Giovanni Sambin); analytical philosophy (Michael Dummett, William Demopoulos), philosophy of science (Michael Redhead, Frank Arntzenius), philosophy of mathematics (Michael Hallett, John Mayberry, Daniel Isaacson) and decision theory and foundations of economics (Ken Bimore). Most articles are contributions to current philosophical debates, but contributions also include some new mathematical results, important historical surveys, and a translation by Wilfrid Hodges of a key work of arabic logic.

Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Rational Decision Making

Author : Tshilidzi Marwala
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319114247
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Rational Decision Making written by Tshilidzi Marwala and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Develops insights into solving complex problems in engineering, biomedical sciences, social science and economics based on artificial intelligence. Some of the problems studied are in interstate conflict, credit scoring, breast cancer diagnosis, condition monitoring, wine testing, image processing and optical character recognition. The author discusses and applies the concept of flexibly-bounded rationality which prescribes that the bounds in Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon’s bounded rationality theory are flexible due to advanced signal processing techniques, Moore’s Law and artificial intelligence. Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Rational Decision Making examines and defines the concepts of causal and correlation machines and applies the transmission theory of causality as a defining factor that distinguishes causality from correlation. It develops the theory of rational counterfactuals which are defined as counterfactuals that are intended to maximize the attainment of a particular goal within the context of a bounded rational decision making process. Furthermore, it studies four methods for dealing with irrelevant information in decision making: Theory of the marginalization of irrelevant information Principal component analysis Independent component analysis Automatic relevance determination method In addition it studies the concept of group decision making and various ways of effecting group decision making within the context of artificial intelligence. Rich in methods of artificial intelligence including rough sets, neural networks, support vector machines, genetic algorithms, particle swarm optimization, simulated annealing, incremental learning and fuzzy networks, this book will be welcomed by researchers and students working in these areas.

Kant and Rational Psychology

Author : Corey Dyck
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019968829X
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Kant and Rational Psychology written by Corey Dyck and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corey W. Dyck presents a new account of Kant's criticism of the rational investigation of the soul in the 'Critique of Pure Reason', in light of its 18th-century German context. He reinterprets the aims and results of the Paralogisms, and illuminates Kant's discussion of the soul's substantiality, simplicity, personality, and existence.