登录 | 注册 | 用户 | 添加收藏 | English 

图书介绍

The biological and social sciences often generalize causal conclusions from one context or location to others that may differ in some relevant respects, as is illustrated by inferences from animal models to humans or from a pilot study to a broader population. Inferences like these are known as extrapolations. The question of how and when extrapolation can be legitimate is a fundamental issue for the biological and social sciences that has not received the attention it deserves. In Across the Boundaries, Steel argues that previous accounts of extrapolation are inadequate and proposes a better approach that is able to answer methodological critiques of extrapolation from animal models to humans. Across the Boundaries develops the thought that knowledge of mechanisms linking cause to effect can serve as a basis for extrapolation. Despite its intuitive appeal, this idea faces several obstacles. Extrapolation is worthwhile only when there are stringent practical or ethical limitations on what can be learned about the target (say, human) population by studying it directly. Meanwhile, the mechanisms approach rests on the idea that extrapolation is justified when mechanisms are the same or similar enough. Yet since mechanisms may differ significantly between model and target, it needs to be explained how the suitability of the model could be established given only very limited information about the target. Moreover, since model and target are rarely alike in all relevant respects, an adequate account of extrapolation must also explain how extrapolation can be legitimate even when some causally relevant differences are present. Steel explains how his proposal can answer these challenges, illustrates his account with a detailed biological case study, and explores its implications for such traditional philosophy of science topics ceteris paribus laws and reductionism. Finally, he considers whether mechanisms-based extrapolation can work in social science.

Copyright Disclaimer:
本站一切内容源于互联网搜索，禁止商用！ 如有任何不妥请联系:admin@ebookee.com，我们将在24小时内删除相关内容。

请在图书介绍里查找下载链接，如果没有，可以试着搜索有无其它该书信息。

不能下载？
如果不能下载或者在“图书介绍”中找不到 "Across the Boundaries: Extrapolation in Biology and Social Science (Environmental Ethics and Science Policy)" 的下载链接请留言。下次访问本站时察看 所有留言 看是否有人已经更新了该书。

该书可能有其它下载链接，请点 这里查询相关图书。

1. Ebooks list page : 2499
2. Across the Boundaries: Extrapolation in Biology and Social Science (Environmental Ethics and Science Policy)
3. Social Capital Versus Social Theory: Political Economy and Social Science at the Turn of the Milleni
4. Social Capital Versus Social Theory: Political Economy and Social Science at the Turn of the Millenium (Contemporary Political
5. Improving Medical Education: Enhancing the Behavioral and Social Science Content of Medical School Curricula
6. Science.and.Social.Science.An.Introduction
7. Distributed and Parallel Systems : Cluster and Grid Computing (The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)
8. Applications of Digital Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)
9. Science and Social Science An Introduction
10. Space Weather & Telecommunications (The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)
11. Does Game Theory Work? The Bargaining Challenge (Economic Learning and Social Evolution)
12. Does Game Theory Work? The Bargaining Challenge (Economic Learning and Social Evolution)
13. Does Game Theory Work? The Bargaining Challenge (Economic Learning and Social Evolution)
14. Handbook of the Sociology of the Military (Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research)
15. Mobile Channel Characteristics (The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)
16. The Algebraic Mind: Integrating Connectionism and Cognitive Science
17. Gender and Health: The Effects of Constrained Choices and Social Policies
18. [share_ebook] Humans, Animals, Machines: Blurring Boundaries Description: In the twenty-first century, the boundaries between both humans and machines and humans and animals are hotly contested and debated. In Humans, Animals, Machines, Glen A. Mazis exam
19. Hard Real-Time Computing Systems (The International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)
20. Realism, Philosophy and Social Science
21. Journey Across the Life Span: Human Development and Health Promotion

"Across the Boundaries: Extrapolation in Biology and Social Science (Environmental Ethics and Science Policy)" 没有评论.

更多分类

1. 艺术设计
2. 有声读物
3. 语言文化
4. 家庭生活
5. 法律
6. 音乐歌词
7. 软件相关
8. BT种子
9. 其它图书
10. 所有留言
12. 留言评论
13. Download Thousands of Books two weeks for FREE!
14. Download millions of Usenet resources!
15. PassGuide -Best Practice Test Braindumps

Bookmark & Share

• 推荐到 StumbleUpon!
• del.icio.us
• Google书签
• 

Sponsored Links