Measuring the intentional world : realism, naturalism, andquantitative methods in the behavioral sciences /

Main Author: Trout, J. D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Realism and Naturalism in the Philosophy of Science
  • 2. Measurement as Population-Guided Estimation
  • 3. Realism: Minimaland Robust
  • 4. Measured Realism
  • 5. Statistical Designs asInstruments
  • 6. Statistical Testing and the World's Contribution to Rationality
  • 7. Diverse Tests on an Independent World
  • 8. FailedAttempts: The Frailties of Narrative Methods
  • 9. Conclusion.