Sophistication

Sophistication
Author: Mark Backman
Publisher: Mark Backman
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1991
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780918024916

Rationality and Epistemic Sophistication

Rationality and Epistemic Sophistication
Author: Franz-Peter Griesmaier
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2015-03-06
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0739178075

What factors determine whether a person’s beliefs are epistemically rational? Many traditional accounts contend that those factors lie in the beliefs themselves. For example, a belief can fit with one’s evidence, it can originate in reliable (or otherwise virtuous) processes, or it can cohere with other beliefs (some of which may be self-justifying). In this provocative book, Franz-Peter Griesmaier presents a new picture of epistemic rationality, emphasizing the role of the agent rather than the belief. The rationality of an agent’s beliefs ultimately depends on her epistemic sophistication, which is manifest in the stringency of her standards, in the skill she has in accessing and evaluating evidence, and in the wisdom she displays in choosing contextually appropriate standards. To be epistemically rational means, in this view, that one has discharged one’s epistemic duties by using the contextually proper standards for finding and evaluating the available evidence during the process of belief formation. In the course of defending this view, Griesmaier discusses a wide variety of topics from the perspective of a unifying framework. These topics include the possibility of lucky justification, the importance of error avoidance, the problem of simplicity, various forms of evidentialism, doxastic voluntarism, epistemic deontologism, the question of belief’s aim, contextualism, and the connections between his account and formal models of justification and knowledge, such as epistemic and justification logics.

Structural Transformation and the sophistication of Production

Structural Transformation and the sophistication of Production
Author: Mr.Nicola Spatafora
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 51
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1463947585

A new dataset on export sophistication reveals that in many countries the importance of modern services, and the sophistication of manufactured and service exports, has increased over time. However, this trend was less pronounced in LICs. Sophisticated sectors are more likely to act as a catalyst for broad-based economic growth, rather than turning into isolated enclaves, when the economy is liberalized, the exchange rate is not overvalued, and there are good information flows. An educated workforce, external liberalization, and good information flows are important prerequisites for developing sophisticated goods and services. An appropriate macroeconomic policy is particularly important for goods, skilled labor and good information flows for services.

A Study Guide for Sherwood Anderson's "Sophistication"

A Study Guide for Sherwood Anderson's
Author: Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 24
Release:
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1410358836

A Study Guide for Sherwood Anderson's "Sophistication," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.

Creation; A Sophistication and Precision of God

Creation; A Sophistication and Precision of God
Author: Herbert Muhangi Bankunda
Publisher: Booktango
Total Pages: 29
Release: 2015-06-29
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1468961756

In this book the author is defending a view that there is nothing else or anybody else created the world.The author takes the readers through the various sophisticated body organs and processes of precision to prove that it is God who created all human beings,animals and all other creatures. The author challenges the readers to come up with evidence of another creator other than God.This he dares them by asking them to present the facts with evidence.

Cognitive Sophistication and the Development of Judgment and Decision-Making

Cognitive Sophistication and the Development of Judgment and Decision-Making
Author: Maggie E. Toplak
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2021-10-27
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0128166452

Cognitive Sophistication and the Development of Judgment and Decision-Making reviews the existing literature on the development of reasoning, judgment and decision-making, with a primary focus on measures from the heuristics and biases tradition. The book presents a model based on cognitive sophistication to examine the development of judgment and decision-making, including age related differences in developmental samples, associations with intellectual abilities and executive functions, and associations with dispositional tendencies that support judgment and decision-making. Additional sections cover the empirical findings of a longitudinal study conducted over seven years that tie together the discussed aspects related to cognitive sophistication. This book will provide a much-needed description of the theoretical and conceptual issues, a review of empirical findings, and an integrative summary of the implications for developmental models of reasoning, judgment and decision-making. Explores whether individual heuristics and biases are associated Reviews individual differences in cognitive abilities and thinking dispositions Examines reasoning from the lens of cognitive sophistication Discusses the implications for models, including dual process models Tests and elaborates using empirical findings from a longitudinal study

Sophistication & Simplicity

Sophistication & Simplicity
Author: Steven Weyhrich
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780986832277

Despite humble beginnings, today Apple, Inc. enjoys unprecedented popularity and prosperity with its products, routinely selling over a million devices in a single day. It is a major innovator in the computing and consumer landscape, and as shown in this retrospective, the history of the Apple II computer plays a large part in the current successes of the company. The late 1970s saw the dawn of the Apple II, the company's first hit product. It provided the breathing room for Apple to become self-sustaining and ultimately blossom into one of the greatest business and technology successes in history. This account provides a unique view of early personal computing and Apple as a company, focusing almost exclusively on the role of the Apple II within that story. It extends outward to the products, publications, and early online services that made up the ecosystem for the platform during its active years, and follows the story to present-day enthusiasts who still find new things to do with a computer that got its start more than 35 years ago.

Sophistication Is Overrated

Sophistication Is Overrated
Author: Babs Horner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-05-07
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9781612542164

Sophistication Is Overrated is a coffee table book with a twist - and one you'll actually use! Written by Babs Horner, a gourmet caterer, and her sister Susan Palma, an interior decorator, the book is a testimony to both refinement and fun. This book will allow you to entertain as the sisters do: with humor, heart, and above all, delicious food.

The Rise of Sophisticated Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia

The Rise of Sophisticated Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia
Author: Lee Morgenbesser
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2020-04-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108638872

This Element offers a way to understand the evolution of authoritarian rule in Southeast Asia. The theoretical framework is based on a set of indicators (judged for their known advantages and mimicry of democratic attributes) as well as a typology (conceptualized as two discreet categories of 'retrograde' and 'sophisticated' authoritarianism). Working with an original dataset, the empirical results reveal vast differences within and across authoritarian regimes in Southeast Asia, but also a discernible shift towards sophisticated authoritarianism over time. The Element concludes with a reflection of its contribution and a statement on its generalizability.