Arguments That Count
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Arguments That Count
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Author : Rebecca Slayton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Arguments That Count written by Rebecca Slayton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING categories.
In a rapidly changing world, we rely upon experts to assess the promise and risks of new technology. But how do these experts make sense of a highly uncertain future? In Arguments that Count, Rebecca Slayton offers an important new perspective. Drawing on new historical documents and interviews as well as perspectives in science and technology studies, she provides an original account of how scientists came to terms with the unprecedented threat of nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). She compares how two different professional communities -- physicists and computer scientists -- constructed arguments about the risks of missile defense, and how these arguments changed over time. Slayton shows that our understanding of technological risks is shaped by disciplinary repertoires -- the codified knowledge and mathematical rules that experts use to frame new challenges. And, significantly, a new repertoire can bring long-neglected risks into clear view.In the 1950s, scientists recognized that high-speed computers would be needed to cope with the unprecedented speed of ICBMs. But the nation's elite science advisors had no way to analyze the risks of computers so used physics to assess what they could: radar and missile performance. Only decades later, after establishing computing as a science, were advisors able to analyze authoritatively the risks associated with complex software -- most notably, the risk of a catastrophic failure. As we continue to confront new threats, including that of cyber attack, Slayton offers valuable insight into how different kinds of expertise can limit or expand our capacity to address novel technological risks.
Arguments That Count
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Author : Rebecca Slayton
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2023-10-31
Arguments That Count written by Rebecca Slayton and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-31 with Technology & Engineering categories.
How differing assessments of risk by physicists and computer scientists have influenced public debate over nuclear defense. In a rapidly changing world, we rely upon experts to assess the promise and risks of new technology. But how do these experts make sense of a highly uncertain future? In Arguments that Count, Rebecca Slayton offers an important new perspective. Drawing on new historical documents and interviews as well as perspectives in science and technology studies, she provides an original account of how scientists came to terms with the unprecedented threat of nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). She compares how two different professional communities—physicists and computer scientists—constructed arguments about the risks of missile defense, and how these arguments changed over time. Slayton shows that our understanding of technological risks is shaped by disciplinary repertoires—the codified knowledge and mathematical rules that experts use to frame new challenges. And, significantly, a new repertoire can bring long-neglected risks into clear view. In the 1950s, scientists recognized that high-speed computers would be needed to cope with the unprecedented speed of ICBMs. But the nation's elite science advisors had no way to analyze the risks of computers so used physics to assess what they could: radar and missile performance. Only decades later, after establishing computing as a science, were advisors able to analyze authoritatively the risks associated with complex software—most notably, the risk of a catastrophic failure. As we continue to confront new threats, including that of cyber attack, Slayton offers valuable insight into how different kinds of expertise can limit or expand our capacity to address novel technological risks.
Dialectics And The Macrostructure Of Arguments
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Author : James B. Freeman
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2011-09-20
Dialectics And The Macrostructure Of Arguments written by James B. Freeman and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-20 with Philosophy categories.
Arguments And Reason Giving
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Author : Matthew W McKeon
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2024-05-21
Arguments And Reason Giving written by Matthew W McKeon and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-21 with Philosophy categories.
Arguments figure in our everyday practices of giving reasons. For example, we use arguments to advance reasons to explain why we believe or did something, to justify our beliefs or actions, to persuade others to do or to believe something, and to advance reasons to worry or to fear that something is true. This book is about our uses of arguments to advance their premises as reasons for believing their conclusions, i.e., as reasons for believing that their conclusions are true. What, exactly, is involved when you successfully use an argument to advance the premises as reasons for believing the conclusion? Philosopher Matthew W. McKeon suggests there is more involved than one might think.
Semantics For Counting And Measuring
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Author : Susan Rothstein
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-04-06
Semantics For Counting And Measuring written by Susan Rothstein and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-06 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The book is an investigation of the semantics of numericals, counting and measuring, and its connection to the mass/count distinction from a theoretical and crosslinguistic perspective. It reviews some recent major linguistic results in these topics, and presents the author's new research including in-depth case studies of a number of typologically unrelated languages.
Debating To Win Arguments
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Author : R. L. Greene
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-04-02
Debating To Win Arguments written by R. L. Greene and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-02 with Debates and debating categories.
Tired of hearing your coworkers opinions, but never have the right words to say to shut their arguments down and stop them in their tracks? In a mere 90 Minutes, this book will provide the tools required to easily defeat anyone in a debate.
Event Arguments Foundations And Applications
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Author : Claudia Maienborn
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2011-12-22
Event Arguments Foundations And Applications written by Claudia Maienborn and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-22 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Since entering the stage, Davidsonian event arguments have taken on a central role in linguistic theorizing. Recent years have seen a continuous extension of possible applications for them, not only in semantics but also in syntax. At the same time questions concerning the ontological status of events have received renewed attention. This collection of articles provides new evidence for the virtually ubiquitous presence of event arguments in linguistic structure and sheds new light on their nature. The volume is organized into four sections: Events - states - causation; Event nominals; Events in composition; Measuring events.
Arguments And Hearings Before Elections Committee No 3 House Of Representatives Sixty Eighth Congress First Session
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Elections No. 3
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1924
Arguments And Hearings Before Elections Committee No 3 House Of Representatives Sixty Eighth Congress First Session written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Elections No. 3 and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1924 with Contested elections categories.
Cosmological Fine Tuning Arguments
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Author : Jason Waller
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-09-05
Cosmological Fine Tuning Arguments written by Jason Waller and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-05 with Philosophy categories.
If the physical constants, initial conditions, or laws of nature in our universe had been even slightly different, then the evolution of life would have been impossible. This observation has led many philosophers and scientists to ask the natural next question: why is our universe so "fine-tuned" for life? The debates around this question are wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary, complicated, technical, and (at times) heated. This study is a comprehensive investigation of these debates and the many metaphysical and epistemological questions raised by cosmological fine-tuning. Waller’s study reaches two significant and controversial conclusions. First, he concludes that the criticisms directed at the "multiverse hypothesis" by theists and at the "theistic hypothesis" by naturalists are largely unsuccessful. Neither of these options can plausibly be excluded. Choosing between them seems to turn on primitive (and so hard to justify) metaphysical intuitions. Second, in order to break the philosophical deadlock, Waller moves the debate from the level of universes to the level of possible worlds. Arguing that possible worlds are also "fine-tuned" in an important and interesting sense, Waller concludes that the only plausible explanation for the fine-tuning of the actual world is to posit the existence of some kind of "God-like-thing."
Oral Arguments And Decision Making On The United States Supreme Court
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Author : Timothy R. Johnson
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2004-07-15
Oral Arguments And Decision Making On The United States Supreme Court written by Timothy R. Johnson and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-07-15 with Political Science categories.
How oral arguments influence the decisions of Supreme Court justices.