Science And Common Sense

Author : Jacob Bronowski
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780571286942

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The Common Sense of Science by Jacob Bronowski Pdf

Jacob Bronowski was, with Kenneth Clarke, the greatest popularizer of serious ideas in Britain between the mid 1950s and the early 1970s. Trained as a mathematician, he was equally at home with painting and physics, and wrote a series of brilliant books that tried to break down the barriers between 'the two cultures'. He denounced 'the destructive modern prejudice that art and science are different and somehow incompatible interests'. He wrote a fine book on William Blake while running the National Coal Board's research establishment. The Common Sense of Science, first published in 1951, is a vivid attempt to explain in ordinary language how science is done and how scientists think. He isolates three creative ideas that have been central to science: the idea of order, the idea of causes and the idea of chance. For Bronowski, these were common-sense ideas that became immensely powerful and productive when applied to a vision of the world that broke with the medieval notion of a world of things ordered according to their ideal natures. Instead, Galileo, Huyghens and Newton and their contemporaries imagined 'a world of events running in a steady mechanism of before and after'. We are still living with the consequences of this search for order and causality within the facts that the world presents to us.

Author : F. L. van Holthoon,David R. Olson
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0819165042

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Common Sense by F. L. van Holthoon,David R. Olson Pdf

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Author : James Bryant Conant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Science
ISBN : OCLC:1154531007

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Science and Common Sense by James Bryant Conant Pdf

Author : Rik Peels,Jeroen de Ridder,René van Woudenberg
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351064217

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Scientific Challenges to Common Sense Philosophy by Rik Peels,Jeroen de Ridder,René van Woudenberg Pdf

Common sense philosophy holds that widely and deeply held beliefs are justified in the absence of defeaters. While this tradition has always had its philosophical detractors who have defended various forms of skepticism or have sought to develop rival epistemological views, recent advances in several scientific disciplines claim to have debunked the reliability of the faculties that produce our common sense beliefs. At the same time, however, it seems reasonable that we cannot do without common sense beliefs entirely. Arguably, science and the scientific method are built on, and continue to depend on, common sense. This collection of essays debates the tenability of common sense in the face of recent challenges from the empirical sciences. It explores to what extent scientific considerations—rather than philosophical considerations—put pressure on common sense philosophy. The book is structured in a way that promotes dialogue between philosophers and scientists. Noah Lemos, one of the most influential contemporary advocates of the common sense tradition, begins with an overview of the nature and scope of common sense beliefs, and examines philosophical objections to common sense and its relationship to scientific beliefs. Then, the volume features essays by scientists and philosophers of science who discuss various proposed conflicts between commonsensical and scientific beliefs: the reality of space and time, about the nature of human beings, about free will and identity, about rationality, about morality, and about religious belief. Notable philosophers who embrace the common sense tradition respond to these essays to explore the connection between common sense philosophy and contemporary debates in evolutionary biology, neuroscience, physics, and psychology.

Author : Benjamin W. Redekop
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781785275517

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Common Sense and Science from Aristotle to Reid by Benjamin W. Redekop Pdf

Common Sense and Science from Aristotle to Reid reveals that thinkers have pondered the nature of common sense and its relationship to science and scientific thinking for a very long time. It demonstrates how a diverse array of neglected early modern thinkers turn out to have been on the right track for understanding how the mind makes sense of the world and how basic features of the human mind and cognition are related to scientific theory and practice. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources and scholarship from the history of ideas, cognitive science, and the history and philosophy of science, this book helps readers understand the fundamental historical and philosophical relationship between common sense and science.

Author : Alan Musgrave
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1993-02-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521436257

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Common Sense, Science and Scepticism by Alan Musgrave Pdf

Can we know anything for certain? Dogmatists think we can, sceptics think we cannot, and epistemology is the great debate between them. Some dogmatists seek certainty in the deliverances of the senses. Sceptics object that the senses are not an adequate basis for certain knowledge. Other dogmatists seek certainty in the deliverances of pure reason. Sceptics object that rational self-evidence is no guarantee of truth. This book is an introductory and historically-based survey of the debate, siding for the most part with scepticism to show that the desire to vanquish it has often led to doctrines of idealism or anti-realism. Scepticism, science and common sense produce another view, fallibilism or critical rationalism: although we can have little or no certain knowledge, as the sceptics maintain, we can and do have plenty of conjectural knowledge. Fallibilism incorporates an uncompromising realism about perception, science, and the nature of truth.

Author : Eugene Borgida,Susan T. Fiske
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0470695692

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Beyond Common Sense by Eugene Borgida,Susan T. Fiske Pdf

Beyond Common Sense addresses the many important and controversial issues that arise from the use of psychological and social science in the courtroom. Each chapter identifies areas of scientific agreement and disagreement, and discusses how psychological science advances our understanding of human behavior beyond common sense. Features original chapters written by some of the leading experts in the field of psychology and law including Elizabeth Loftus, Saul Kassin, Faye Crosby, Alice Eagly, Gary Wells, Louise Fitzgerald, Craig Anderson, and Phoebe Ellsworth The 14 issues addressed include eyewitness identification, gender stereotypes, repressed memories, Affirmative Action and the death penalty Commentaries written by leading social science and law scholars discuss key legal and scientific themes that emerge from the science chapters and illustrate how psychological science is or can be used in the courts

Author : Michelle Cederberg
Publisher : Page Two Books, Incorporated
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1774580209

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The Success-Energy Equation: How to Regain Your Focus, Recharge Your Life and Really Get Sh!t Done by Michelle Cederberg Pdf

A smart, common-sense book that will help you improve your energy so that you can achieve goals faster and more efficiently. Get up, check phone, eat breakfast, drop off the kids, work, work, work, commute home, make dinner, feed the family, check email, put the kids to bed, binge-watch a show, check email again, drop into bed exhausted. Wake up. Repeat. Our days and weeks are filled to the brim with the busy stuff of life, which includes the constant bombardment of the twenty-four-hour news cycle and pervasive social media updates, notifications, and pings, pings, pings. That's 21st-and-a-quarter-century stress, and it's a serious doozy. We have goals for our careers and our lives, but with all the noise and constant demands, we get stalled out, stuck. We simply don't have the energy to progress in the areas that are most important to us. And yet, we wonder, isn't there a better way? Author, motivational speaker, and coach Michelle Cederberg's response to that question is an unequivocal yes! In The Success-Energy Equation she shows you how, by using the wisdom of science and your innate common sense, you can combat 21st-and-a-quarter-century stress and tap into a well of energy that will fuel every area of your life. She shows you how slowing down and listening to your body can help you work better, and how a focus on health and energy management will sustain your efforts in all you do. With the right tools and guidance, great things are possible for you. The Success-Energy Equation teaches you how you can boost your energy to: - Go from being stuck on autopilot to thriving with awareness - Set worthwhile goals that feed your sense of purpose - Work better, smarter, and with more focus - Improve your attitude, self-confidence, and self-efficacy - Create a life of greater clarity and fulfillment - And much more. Energy is a magic multiplier that will drive you toward higher levels of success in life. It's also your not-so-secret weapon against 21st-and-a-quarter-century stress. Engage your success-energy, reach your goals, and live a life you truly want.

Author : Charlie McDonnell
Publisher : Hardie Grant Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781849499316

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Fun Science by Charlie McDonnell Pdf

Welcome, fellow humans (and others), to the the world of FUN SCIENCE! I’m Charlie, also known across the internet as charlieissocoollike. In my book, I take you on an awesome journey through the cosmos, beginning with the Big Bang through to the Solar System and the origins of life on Earth, all the way down to the particles that make up everything around us (including you and me!). Expect frequent digressions, tons of illustrations of not-so-sciencey things (NB a microwave flying through space), and pages packed with my all time favourite mind-bending science facts. So, get ready for a faster-than-the-speed of-light (OK, not quite) tour of all of the best and most interesting things that science has to offer us... and most importantly: WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSE! (Written by a science fan NOT a scientist!)

Author : Ivana Marková
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781107002555

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The Dialogical Mind by Ivana Marková Pdf

Marková offers a dialogical perspective to problems in daily life and professional practices involving communication, care, and therapy.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1400883681

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Science and Common Sense by Anonim Pdf

Author : Hector J. Levesque
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262535205

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Common Sense, the Turing Test, and the Quest for Real AI by Hector J. Levesque Pdf

What artificial intelligence can tell us about the mind and intelligent behavior. What can artificial intelligence teach us about the mind? If AI's underlying concept is that thinking is a computational process, then how can computation illuminate thinking? It's a timely question. AI is all the rage, and the buzziest AI buzz surrounds adaptive machine learning: computer systems that learn intelligent behavior from massive amounts of data. This is what powers a driverless car, for example. In this book, Hector Levesque shifts the conversation to “good old fashioned artificial intelligence,” which is based not on heaps of data but on understanding commonsense intelligence. This kind of artificial intelligence is equipped to handle situations that depart from previous patterns—as we do in real life, when, for example, we encounter a washed-out bridge or when the barista informs us there's no more soy milk. Levesque considers the role of language in learning. He argues that a computer program that passes the famous Turing Test could be a mindless zombie, and he proposes another way to test for intelligence—the Winograd Schema Test, developed by Levesque and his colleagues. “If our goal is to understand intelligent behavior, we had better understand the difference between making it and faking it,” he observes. He identifies a possible mechanism behind common sense and the capacity to call on background knowledge: the ability to represent objects of thought symbolically. As AI migrates more and more into everyday life, we should worry if systems without common sense are making decisions where common sense is needed.

Author : Jan Bransen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351745420

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Don't be Fooled by Jan Bransen Pdf

"The author argues that the rise of behavioural sciences has caused a sea change in the relationship between science and common sense. He shows how - as recently as the 1960s - common sense and science were allies in the battle against ignorance, but that since then populism and chauvinism have claimed common sense as their own. Bransen argues that common sense is a collection of interrelated skills that draw on both an automatic pilot and an investigative attitude where we ask ourselves the right questions. It is the very attitude of open-minded inquiry and questioning that Bransen believes we are at risk of losing in the face of an army of experts."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Karl Albrecht
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780787995652

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Practical Intelligence by Karl Albrecht Pdf

Karl Albrecht’s bestselling book Social Intelligence showed us how dealing with people and social situations can determine success both at work and in life. Now, in this groundbreaking book Practical Intelligence, Albrecht takes the next step and explains how practical intelligence (PI) qualifies as one of the key life skills and offers a conceptual structure for defining and describing common sense. Throughout Practical Intelligence, Albrecht explains that people with practical intelligence can employ language skills, make better decisions, think in terms of options and possibilities, embrace ambiguity and complexity, articulate problems clearly and work through to solutions, have original ideas, and influence the ideas of others. Albrecht shows that everyone’s PI skills can be improved with proper education and training and challenges all of us—from parents and teachers to executives and managers—to upgrade our own skills and help others develop their own PI abilities.

Author : S. Clarke,T.D. Lyons
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401728621

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Recent Themes in the Philosophy of Science by S. Clarke,T.D. Lyons Pdf

Australia and New Zealand boast an active community of scholars working in the field of history, philosophy and social studies of science. Australasian Studies in History and Philosophy of Science aims to provide a distinctive publication outlet for their work. Each volume comprises a group of thematically-connected essays edited by scholars based in Australia or New Zealand with special expertise in that particular area. In each volume, a majority ofthe contributors are from Australia or New Zealand. Contributions from elsewhere are by no means ruled out, however, and are actively encouraged wherever appropriate to the balance of the volume in question. Earlier volumes in the series have been welcomed for significantly advancing the discussion of the topics they have dealt with. I believe that the present volume will be greeted equally enthusiastically by readers in many parts of the world. R. W. Home General Editor Australasian Studies in History And Philosophy of Science viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The majority of the papers in this collection had their origin in the 2001 Australasian Association for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science annual conference, held at the University of Melbourne, where streams of papers on the themes of scientific realism and commonsense were organised.