Johanna Thoma
Johanna Thoma
The standard theory of choice in economics involves modelling human agents as if they had precise attitudes when in fact they are often fuzzy. For the normative purposes of welfare economics, it might be thought that the imposition of a pre...
Lessons for human science measurement from the quantification of earthquake size [0.03%]
地震规模量化的启示促进人文科学测量的发展
Cristian Larroulet Philippi,Miguel Ohnesorge
Cristian Larroulet Philippi
It remains controversial whether the human sciences can quantify the phenomena they study. The feasibility of quantification is usually assessed by identifying similarities and differences to quantitative measurement in physics. We argue th...
Psychology and the 20th-century Galileo cult: Kurt Lewin vs. Karl Bühler [0.03%]
心理学与二十世纪的伽利略崇拜：库特·勒温对抗卡尔·布伦塔诺
James McElvenny,Clemens Knobloch
James McElvenny
In his writings on the philosophy of science, the German-American psychologist Kurt Lewin (1890-1947) constantly claimed that his approach to psychology was characterised by the modern 'Galilean' mode of thought, as opposed to the medieval ...
Brett Park
Brett Park
Chaos theory is a branch of classical physics, founded in the 1960s-70s, that studies systems whose solutions are sensitively dependent on their initial conditions. For many, it is surprising that chaos theory arrived so late. However, thro...
The sanctity of grief: A critique of the introduction of "prolonged grief disorder" in the DSM (The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association) [0.03%]
哀伤的圣洁性——对《美国精神疾病诊断与统计手册》引入“持续性复杂性悲伤障碍”的批判
Miriam Solomon
Miriam Solomon
Grief following bereavement can be an intense, painful, and incapacitating experience, with significant morbidity and even mortality. Nevertheless, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Associ...
Anke Bueter,Thor Hennelund Nielsen,Somogy Varga
Anke Bueter
A longstanding debate in philosophy of medicine-whether disease concepts are value-free (naturalism) or value-laden (normativism)-intersects with broader discussions about patient autonomy and the move away from paternalistic practices. An ...
Moving beyond anecdotes: An empirical investigation of scientists' and engineers' views about and engagement with philosophy of science [0.03%]
超越轶事：关于科学哲学的观点和参与的实证调查
Kathryn S Plaisance,Sara Doody,Chad Gonnerman et al.
Kathryn S Plaisance et al.
Several prominent scientists have publicly expressed negative views about philosophy of science-and philosophy more generally-ranging from declarations that philosophy is dead to assertions that philosophy of science is a waste of time for ...
Of atoms, bricks and cells: A historical critique of historical criticisms of classical cell theory [0.03%]
原子、砖块和细胞：对经典细胞理论历史批评的历史批判
Ariane Dröscher
Ariane Dröscher
The essay argues against historical accounts that portray classical cell theory as having established an atomistic and/or building block vision of life and hence as being diametrically opposed to the organismic standpoint. The cell-atom ana...
Rethinking psychological measurement: Validity potential versus realised validity [0.03%]
反思心理测量：有效潜力与实现的有效性
Wendy C Higgins,David M Kaplan,Alexander J Gillett et al.
Wendy C Higgins et al.
We propose a concept of validity with a novel feature that we argue can facilitate improved measurement validation practices in the psychological sciences. Following Borsboom and colleagues, our concept of validity is measurement-specific a...
David Wallace
David Wallace
Quantum theory plays an increasingly significant role in contemporary early-universe cosmology, most notably in the inflationary origins of the fluctuation spectrum of the microwave background radiation. I consider the two main strategies f...