Ceterus Paribus Laws

Natural and social sciences seem very often, though usually only implicitly, to hedge their laws by ceteris paribus clauses - a practice which is philosophically very hard to understand because such clauses seem to render the laws trivial and unfalsifiable. After early worries the issue is vigorou

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Idealization and the Laws of Nature (SpringerBriefs in Philosophy)

This new study provides a refreshing look at the issue of exceptions and shows that much of the problem stems from a failure to recognize at least two kinds of exception-ridden law: ceteris paribus laws and ideal laws. Billy Wheeler offers the first book-length discussion of ideal laws. The key diff

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The Laws of Belief: Ranking Theory and Its Philosophical Applications

Wolfgang Spohn presents the first full account of the dynamic laws of belief, by means of ranking theory. This book is his long-awaited presentation of ranking theory and its ramifications. He motivates and introduces the basic notion of a ranking function, which recognises degrees of belief and at

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An Essay on Economic Theory (Large Print Edition): An English translation of the author's Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en Général

LARGE PRINT EDITION! More at LargePrintLiberty.com At last, and finally, here is the first accurate and beautiful translation of Richard Cantillon's 1755 masterpiece on economics. This treatise is widely credited with being the first to describe the market process as one driven by entrepreneurship.

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Metaphysics of Science: A Systematic and Historical Introduction (Philosophy and Science)

Metaphysics and science have a long but troubled relationship. In the twentieth century the Logical Positivists argued metaphysics was irrelevant and that philosophy should be guided by science. However, metaphysics and science attempt to answer many of the same, fundamental questions: What are laws

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An Essay on Economic Theory

At last, and finally, here is the first accurate and beautiful translation of Richard Cantillon's 1755 masterpiece on economics. This treatise is widely credited with being the first to describe the market process as one driven by entrepreneurship. William Stanley Jevons, in the first blush of disco

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Against the Philosophical Tide: Essays in Popperian Critical Rationalism

This is a collection of nineteen essays in the tradition of critical rationalism (as advocated by Karl Popper). All but one of the essays is previously unpublished and the one previously published paper has undergone significant revisions. The first four essays tackle topics in the philosophy of sci

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Castrismo y socialismo: Crítica a los fundamentos del socialismo del Siglo XXI (Spanish Edition)

Re-lectura crítica de la economía política del socialismo castrista-guevarista cubano, a la luz de los conceptos de la Escuela de Regulación Francesa (Chavance,1980 y Bettelheim, 1994) Nacido en Uruguay y criado en Mexico y en Estados Unidos (Puerto Rico). Militante socialista y lider estudianti

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Explanation, Laws, and Causation (China Perspectives)

Scientific explanation, laws of nature, and causation are crucial and frontier issues in the philosophy of science. This book studies the complex relationship between the three concepts, aiming to achieve a holistic synthesis about explanation–laws–causation. By reviewing Hempel's scientific ex

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Entrepreneurship in The United States of America: Antecedents and Consequences Following the Great Recession

Abstract: This dissertation challenges entrepreneurial economics by proposing a novel model based on entrepreneurial outcomes and coincidental institutional quality indicators. The research empirically assesses the impacts of prominent entrepreneurial activities and their interaction with economic

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Interpretable Machine Learning: A Guide For Making Black Box Models Explainable

Interpretable Machine Learning is a comprehensive guide to making machine learning models interpretable "Pretty convinced this is the best book out there on the subject " – Brian Lewis, Data Scientist at Cornerstone Research Summary This book covers a range of interpretability methods, from in

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Race and Writing Assessment (Studies in Composition and Rhetoric)

Race and Writing Assessment brings together established and up-and-coming scholars in composition studies to explore how writing assessment needs to change in order to account for the increasing diversity of students in college classrooms today. Contributors identify where we have ignored race in ou

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