What is numeracy reasoning? What is rationalism in philosophy of education? What is the rational choice theory in political science? What is empiricism in economics? What is empiricism in psychology? What is the insanity defense? What is non-evidence-based practice?
Reason is the capacity of consciously applying logic to seek truth and draw conclusions from new or existing information. It is closely associated with such characteristically human activities as philosophy, science, language, mathematics, and art, and is normally considered to be a distinguishing abil...
While the status of rationality as one of the master concepts, subjects and objectives of social science and philosophy has been further promoted in contemporary economics and sociology, questions often arise among economists and sociologists themselves as to its meaning or definition. As an attempt ...
用谷歌搜索的结果来开启这本书也许是最为后人类主义的姿态。正如我在2008年夏天所写的那样,如果你在谷歌上搜索“人文主义”(humanism),会得到384万条结果;而搜索“后人类主义”(posthumanism)只能得到将近6.02万条(人文主义显然还好好地存活着,尽管有人说它已经消亡了)。粗略一看你就会发现,尽管在数量上有着差别,...
What is theoretical rationality? What is a theoretical analysis in sociology? What are two biases during naturalistic observation? What is constructivism? What is exogenous constructivism? What is postmodernism in sociology? What is linguistic philosophy?
Lord Hoffmann set out his views on the nature and working logic of legal reasoning. Addressing the subject of our concern from the perspective of jurilinguistics (i.e. theory of legal interpretation) and ‘philosophy of language,’Footnote12His Lordship made a case for what, with the due caut...
Grasp the fact that the field is different for each book, and you have the measure of this scholar. Steven Pinker’s professional expertise encompasses linguistics, psychology, history, philosophy, evolutionary theory—the list goes on. There’s even a book on how to write good English—for, ...
In the realm of philosophy and mathematics, being logical is closely associated with the ability to produce conclusions that are unavoidably true, given the premises. For instance, in mathematics, a logical argument uses axioms and theorems to prove new theorems. Whereas reason can be seen in ...
InParadox Lost: Logical Solutions to Ten Puzzles of Philosophy, Michael Huemer suggests a number of critical thinking errors we tend to make. I’ve already listed some of them. Here are a few more to extend today’s example: Assumptions ...
Adam Smith, who proposed the idea of an "invisible hand" moving free-market economies in the mid-1770s, is usually credited as the father of rational choice theory. Smith discusses the invisible hand theory in his book “An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations,” w...