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Why Does History Matter to Philosophy and the Sciences?

Selected Essays

By: Lorenz Krüger

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Why Does History Matter to Philosophy and the Sciences?

Selected Essays

By: Lorenz Krüger

What are the relationships between philosophy and the history of philosophy, the history of science and the philosophy of science? This selection of essays by Lorenz Krüger (1932-1994) presents exemplary studies on the philosophy of John Locke and Immanuel Kant, on the history of physics and on the scope and limitations of scientific explanation, and a realistic understanding of science and truth. In his treatment of leading currents in 20th century philosophy, Krüger presents new and original arguments for a deeper understanding of the continuity and dynamics of the development of scientific theory. These result in significant consequences for the claim of the sciences that they understand reality in a rational manner. The case studies are complemented by fundamental thoughts on the relationship between philosophy, science, and their common history.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110927675

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9783110927672

The Empire of Chance

How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life

By: Gerd Gigerenzer,Zeno Swijtink,Theodore Porter,Lorraine Daston,John Beatty,Lorenz Kruger

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The Empire of Chance

How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life

By: Gerd Gigerenzer,Zeno Swijtink,Theodore Porter,Lorraine Daston,John Beatty,Lorenz Kruger

The Empire of Chance tells how quantitative ideas of chance transformed the natural and social sciences, as well as daily life over the last three centuries. A continuous narrative connects the earliest application of probability and statistics in gambling and insurance to the most recent forays into law, medicine, polling and baseball. Separate chapters explore the theoretical and methodological impact in biology, physics and psychology. Themes recur - determinism, inference, causality, free will, evidence, the shifting meaning of probability - but in dramatically different disciplinary and historical contexts. In contrast to the literature on the mathematical development of probability and statistics, this book centres on how these technical innovations remade our conceptions of nature, mind and society. Written by an interdisciplinary team of historians and philosophers, this readable, lucid account keeps technical material to an absolute minimum. It is aimed not only at specialists in the history and philosophy of science, but also at the general reader and scholars in other disciplines.

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364

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Cambridge University Press

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1107393000

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9781107393004

Justinian and the Making of the Syrian Orthodox Church

By: Volker L. Menze

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Justinian and the Making of the Syrian Orthodox Church

By: Volker L. Menze

This study examines the sixth century formation of the Syrian Orthodox Church. Menze shows that the separation of the Syrian Orthodox Christians from Western Christianity occurred due to the divergent political interests of bishops and emperors. Discrimination and persecution forced the establishment of an independent church.

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327

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Oxford University Press

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019953487X

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9780199534876

Nonlinear Dynamical Economics and Chaotic Motion

By: Hans-Walter Lorenz

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Nonlinear Dynamical Economics and Chaotic Motion

By: Hans-Walter Lorenz

The plan to publish the present book arose while I was preparing a joint work with Gunter Gabisch (Gabisch, G. /Lorenz, H. -W. : Business Cycle Theory. Berlin-Heidel berg-New York: Springer). It turned out that a lot of interesting material could only be sketched in a business cycle text, either because the relevance for business cycle theory was not evident or because the material required an interest in dynamical economics which laid beyond the scope of a survey text for advanced undergraduates. While much of the material enclosed in this book can be found in condensed and sometimes more or less identical form in that business cycle text, the present monograph attempts to present nonlinear dynamical economics in a broader context with economic examples from other fields than business cycle theory. It is a pleasure for me to acknowledge the critical comments, extremely detailed remarks, or suggestions by many friends and colleagues. The responses to earlier versions of the manuscript by W. A. Barnett, M. Boldrin, W. A. Brock, C. Chiarella, C. Dale, G. Feichtinger, P. Flaschel, D. K. Foley, R. M. Goodwin, D. Kelsey, M. Lines, A. Medio, L. Montrucchio, P. Read, C. Sayers, A. Schmutzler, H. Schnabl, G. Silverberg, H. -\'\!. Sinn, J. Sterman, and R. Tscherning not only encouraged me to publish the book in its present form but helped to remove numerous errors (not only typographic ones) and conceptnal misunderstandings and flaws. Particular thanks go to G.

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258

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3662222337

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9783662222331

Acquisition Vs. Alliance: The Impact of Hubris on Governance Choice

By: Annika Lorenz

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Acquisition Vs. Alliance: The Impact of Hubris on Governance Choice

By: Annika Lorenz

This book unifies and draws a connection to different concepts of organizational behavior, decision-making theories, psychology and strategy research. Furthermore, it focuses on the theoretical backgrounds of managerial decision-making, different personality concepts and their impact on strategic decisions. Since strategic decisions are made by individuals, it is worth analyzing to what extent personality phenomena such as hubris influence the choice between acquisitions and alliances. In fact, both governance modes are a necessary prerequisite for companies to remain healthy, gain competitive advantages and hence, become world leaders. First, this book provides a literature review of the current research status on governance modes, particularly laying an emphasis on acquisitions and alliances. Moreover, it is explored what hubris actually means, which different facets are underlying and how it is different from other related concepts, such as narcissism, overconfidence, and core self-evaluations. Subsequently, studies having dealt with the concept of hubris in general, hubris in investment decisions and hubris in governance mode decisions in particular are analyzed. Numerous of these studies on strategic and investment decision making have found managers infected with hubris to regularly overpay for acquisitions but none has yet analyzed whether hubristic decision-makers also prefer acquisitions over alliances and which decision making criteria they consider when making such governance choices. Therefore, data from students and executives are collected with the help of a policy-capturing approach - a method used to find out more about individuals’ underlying judgment and information-processing strategies. Moreover, measures to assess personality phenomena are adapted and developed. Thus, this study adds to the growing body of literature on acquisitions vs. alliances by including hitherto neglected personality variables and hence providing a richer explanation for governance decisions. Analyses are conducted with hierarchical linear modeling and logistic regression. This book closes by discussing important results, limitations and implications for both research and management.

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Diplomica Verlag

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3842859074

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9783842859074

Why Does History Matter to Philosophy and the Sciences?

Selected Essays

By: Lorenz Krüger

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Selected Essays

By: Lorenz Krüger

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3110927675

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Book's by Lorenz Kruger

Why Does History Matter to Philosophy and the Sciences?

Why Does History Matter to Philosophy and the Sciences?

The Empire of Chance

The Empire of Chance

Justinian and the Making of the Syrian Orthodox Church

Justinian and the Making of the Syrian Orthodox Church

Nonlinear Dynamical Economics and Chaotic Motion

Nonlinear Dynamical Economics and Chaotic Motion

Acquisition Vs. Alliance: The Impact of Hubris on Governance Choice

Acquisition Vs. Alliance: The Impact of Hubris on Governance Choice

Why Does History Matter to Philosophy and the Sciences?

Why Does History Matter to Philosophy and the Sciences?

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