Why probability probably doesn’t exist (but it is useful to ... - Nature
3 天之前 · The objective world comes into play when probabilities, and their underlying assumptions, are tested against reality (see ‘How ignorant am I?’); but that doesn’t mean the probabilities ...
To fix the world's problems, we need both optimism and pessimism
2024年12月11日 · It isn’t a breach of the world’s most important climate treaty, the 2015 Paris Agreement, in which nations pledged to limit long-term temperature rises to below 1.5°C, as this figure is ...
Full article: Pragmatist-critical realism as a development studies ...
2024年12月11日 · 2.2. Critical realism and development studies. Critical realism is ‘the philosophical stance that what we experience are some of the manifestations of the things in the real world, rather than the actual things’ (Saunders, Lewis, and Thornhill Citation 2023, 817).It thus combines positivism’s view that there is an objective reality with constructivism’s view that …
A Nobel prize for explaining why there's global inequality
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Democracy in a hotter time: climate change and democratic …
2024年11月25日 · The book is full of suggestions: Hélène Landemore urges the establishment of citizens assemblies, David H. Guston recommends citizen science, Frances Moore Lappe asks for the cultivation of possibilism, Daniel Lindvall weights some ideas for intergenerational justice, Michael M. Crow and William B. Dabars demand a change in academic culture ...
Pragmatism - Wikipedia
1 天前 · The epistemology of conceptual pragmatism was first formulated in the 1929 book Mind and the World Order: Outline of a Theory of Knowledge. French pragmatism is attended with theorists such as Michel Callon, Bruno Latour, Michel …
12 Essential Books on Environmental Sustainability | Eden Green
2024年12月10日 · McKibben’s work is a reminder of the need to respect and preserve the natural world for future generations. Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer. Originally published: 2009. In Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran Foer closely examines the impacts of eating meat. The book is full of personal stories and in-depth research.
Possibility theory: A foundation for theoretical and empirical ...
2024年12月10日 · 1 INTRODUCTION. The field of operations and supply chain management (OSCM) has a long history of identifying and engaging with risk and uncertainty in operational practices. 1 We provide a brief review of uncertainty in the OSCM domain, alongside an overview of our special issue (SI) call and accepted manuscripts. This serves as a starting point for the …
Pragmatism | Definition, History, & Examples | Britannica
2024年12月11日 · In contrast to the conception of ideas as images and copies of impressions or of external objects, pragmatist theories emphasized the functional character of ideas: ideas are suggestions and anticipations of possible conduct; they are hypotheses or forecasts of what will result from a given action; they are ways of organizing behaviour in the ...
A problem for effective altruism? | Dr. Travis Timmerman - Chaindesk
2024年11月24日 · It explores the debate between actualism and possibilism in decision-making, introduces a hybrid view, and discusses ethical dilemmas related to charitable giving. The speaker presents a hybrid solution that balances the principles of effective altruism with practical considerations, reflecting on its reception among effective altruists and its ...
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