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Measuring and Reasoning

- Numerical Inference in the Sciences
Af: Fred L. Bookstein Engelsk Hardback

Measuring and Reasoning

- Numerical Inference in the Sciences
Af: Fred L. Bookstein Engelsk Hardback
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In Measuring and Reasoning, Fred L. Bookstein examines the way ordinary arithmetic and numerical patterns are translated into scientific understanding, showing how the process relies on two carefully managed forms of argument: • Abduction: the generation of new hypotheses to accord with findings that were surprising on previous hypotheses, and • Consilience: the confirmation of numerical pattern claims by analogous findings at other levels of measurement. These profound principles include an understanding of the role of arithmetic and, more importantly, of how numerical patterns found in one study can relate to numbers found in others. More than 200 figures and diagrams illuminate the text. The book can be read with profit by any student of the empirical nature or social sciences and by anyone concerned with how scientists persuade those of us who are not scientists why we should credit the most important claims about scientific facts or theories.
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In Measuring and Reasoning, Fred L. Bookstein examines the way ordinary arithmetic and numerical patterns are translated into scientific understanding, showing how the process relies on two carefully managed forms of argument: • Abduction: the generation of new hypotheses to accord with findings that were surprising on previous hypotheses, and • Consilience: the confirmation of numerical pattern claims by analogous findings at other levels of measurement. These profound principles include an understanding of the role of arithmetic and, more importantly, of how numerical patterns found in one study can relate to numbers found in others. More than 200 figures and diagrams illuminate the text. The book can be read with profit by any student of the empirical nature or social sciences and by anyone concerned with how scientists persuade those of us who are not scientists why we should credit the most important claims about scientific facts or theories.
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 559
ISBN-13: 9781107024151
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1107024153
Udg. Dato: 28 feb 2014
Længde: 36mm
Bredde: 162mm
Højde: 236mm
Forlag: Cambridge University Press
Oplagsdato: 28 feb 2014
Forfatter(e): Fred L. Bookstein
Forfatter(e) Fred L. Bookstein


Kategori Matematisk modellering


ISBN-13 9781107024151


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 559


Udgave


Længde 36mm


Bredde 162mm


Højde 236mm


Udg. Dato 28 feb 2014


Oplagsdato 28 feb 2014


Forlag Cambridge University Press