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Author | : Nicholas Rescher |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 1998-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780791435533 |
The future obviously matters to us. It is, after all, where we'll be spending the rest of our lives. We need some degree of foresight if we are to make effective plans for managing our affairs. Much that we would like to know in advance cannot be predicted. But a vast amount of successful prediction is nonetheless possible, especially in the context of applied sciences such as medicine, meteorology, and engineering. This book examines our prospects for finding out about the future in advance. It addresses questions such as why prediction is possible in some areas and not others; what sorts of methods and resources make successful prediction possible; and what obstacles limit the predictive venture. Nicholas Rescher develops a general theory of prediction that encompasses its fundamental principles, methodology, and practice and gives an overview of its promises and problems. Predicting the Future considers the anthropological and historical background of the predictive enterprise. It also examines the conceptual, epistemic, and ontological principles that set the stage for predictive efforts. In short, Rescher explores the basic features of the predictive situation and considers their broader implications in science, in philosophy, and in the management of our daily affairs.
Author | : Henry Abarbanel |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2013-06-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1461472180 |
Through the development of an exact path integral for use in transferring information from observations to a model of the observed system, the author provides a general framework for the discussion of model building and evaluation across disciplines. Through many illustrative examples drawn from models in neuroscience, geosciences, and nonlinear electrical circuits, the concepts are exemplified in detail. Practical numerical methods for approximate evaluations of the path integral are explored, and their use in designing experiments and determining a model’s consistency with observations is explored.
Author | : William Cheung |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 584 |
Release | : 2019-08-17 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0128179465 |
Predicting Future Oceans: Sustainability of Ocean and Human Systems Amidst Global Environmental Change provides a synthesis of our knowledge of the future state of the oceans. The editors undertake the challenge of integrating diverse perspectives—from oceanography to anthropology—to exhibit the changes in ecological conditions and their socioeconomic implications. Each contributing author provides a novel perspective, with the book as a whole collating scholarly understandings of future oceans and coastal communities across the world. The diverse perspectives, syntheses and state-of-the-art natural and social sciences contributions are led by past and current research fellows and principal investigators of the Nereus Program network. This includes members at 17 leading research institutes, addressing themes such as oceanography, biodiversity, fisheries, mariculture production, economics, pollution, public health and marine policy. This book is a comprehensive resource for senior undergraduate and postgraduate readers studying social and natural science, as well as practitioners working in the field of natural resources management and marine conservation. - Provides a synthesis of our knowledge on the future state of the oceans - Includes recommendations on how to move forwards - Highlights key social aspects linked to ocean ecosystems, including health, equity and sovereignty
Author | : Octavia E. Butler |
Publisher | : Seven Stories Press |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781888363814 |
Parable of the Talents celebrates the classic Butlerian themes of alienation and transcendence, violence and spirituality, slavery and freedom, separation and community, to astonishing effect, in the shockingly familiar, broken world of 2032. Long awaited, Parable of the Talents is the continuation of the travails of Lauren Olamina, the heroine of 1994's Nebula-Prize finalist, bestselling Parable of the Sower. Parable of the Talents is told in the voice of Lauren Olamina's daughter&...from whom she has been separated for most of the girl's life&...with sections in the form of Lauren's journal. Against a background of a war-torn continent, and with a far-right religious crusader in the office of the U.S. presidency, this is a book about a society whose very fabric has been torn asunder, and where the basic physical and emotional needs of people seem almost impossible to meet.
Author | : Nicholas Rescher |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 1997-11-13 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1438417101 |
The future obviously matters to us. It is, after all, where we'll be spending the rest of our lives. We need some degree of foresight if we are to make effective plans for managing our affairs. Much that we would like to know in advance cannot be predicted. But a vast amount of successful prediction is nonetheless possible, especially in the context of applied sciences such as medicine, meteorology, and engineering. This book examines our prospects for finding out about the future in advance. It addresses questions such as why prediction is possible in some areas and not others; what sorts of methods and resources make successful prediction possible; and what obstacles limit the predictive venture. Nicholas Rescher develops a general theory of prediction that encompasses its fundamental principles, methodology, and practice and gives an overview of its promises and problems. Predicting the Future considers the anthropological and historical background of the predictive enterprise. It also examines the conceptual, epistemic, and ontological principles that set the stage for predictive efforts. In short, Rescher explores the basic features of the predictive situation and considers their broader implications in science, in philosophy, and in the management of our daily affairs.
Author | : Diagram Group |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 1985-11-12 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9780345335791 |
Discover what tomorrow holds in store for you. PREDICTING YOUR FUTURE has complete instructions for ancient and exotic fortune-telling methods, including: astrology, tarot cards, numerology, dice, palmistry, and more. This package also includes charts, diagrams, and drawings, plus actual predictions by fortune-telling experts.
Author | : Peter Mark Roget |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 730 |
Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Tomaso Vecchi |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2020-11-24 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 0262361221 |
Theoretical reflections and analytical observations on memory and prediction, linking these concepts to the role of the cerebellum in higher cognition. What is memory? What is memory for? Where is memory in the brain? Although memory is probably the most studied function in cognition, these fundamental questions remain challenging. We can try to answer the question of memory's purpose by defining the function of memory as remembering the past. And yet this definition is not consistent with the many errors that characterize our memory, or with the phylogenetic and ontogenetic origin of memory. In this book, Tomaso Vecchi and Daniele Gatti argue that the purpose of memory is not to remember the past but to predict the future.
Author | : Dagmar Divjak |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 2019-10-10 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1107085756 |
Re-examines frequency, entrenchment and salience, three foundational concepts in usage-based linguistics, through the prism of learning, memory, and attention.
Author | : Daniel R. Sarewitz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 2000-04 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
Based upon ten case studies, Prediction explores how science-based predictions guide policy making and what this means in terms of global warming, biogenetically modifying organisms and polluting the environment with chemicals.