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Measuring the Intentional World: Realism, Naturalism, and Quantitative Methods in the Behavioral Sciences Trout, J. D. (Associate Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Associate Professor, Parmly Hearing Institute, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Associate Professor, Parmly Hearing Institute, Loyola University, Chicago)
Measuring the Intentional World: Realism, Naturalism, and Quantitative Methods in the Behavioral Sciences
Trout, J. D. (Associate Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Associate Professor, Parmly Hearing Institute, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Associate Professor, Parmly Hearing Institute, Loyola University, Chicago)
Introduces a different version of scientific realism - Measured Realism - that characterizes the kind of theoretical progress in the social and psychological sciences that is uneven but indisputable. This work proposes a theory of measurement - Population-Guided Estimation - that connects natural, psychological, and social scientific inquiry.
302 pages, bibliography
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 9, 1998 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195107661 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 304 |
| Dimensions | 157 × 236 × 28 mm · 590 g |
| Language | English |