This concise guide explains the history, theory, potential, application, and limitations of Artificial Intelligence. Boden shows how research into AI has shed light on the working of human and animal minds, and she considers the philosophical challenges AI raises: could programs ever be really intelligent, creative or even conscious?

This book guides readers by gradual steps through the central concepts and debates in the philosophy of science. Using concrete examples from the history of science, Kent W. Staley shows how seemingly abstract philosophical issues are relevant to important aspects of scientific practice.

Structured in two parts, the book first tackles the central concepts of the philosophy of science, such as the problem of induction, falsificationism, and underdetermination, and important figures and movemen...

The success of the Apgar score demonstrates the astounding power of an appropriate clinical instrument. This down-to-earth book provides practical advice, underpinned by theoretical principles, on developing and evaluating measurement instruments in all fields of medicine. It equips you to choose the most appropriate instrument for specific purposes.

The book covers measurement theories, methods and criteria for evaluating and selecting instruments. It provides methods to assess measurement p...

Measurement shapes scientific theories, characterises improvements in manufacturing processes and promotes efficient commerce. In concert with measurement is uncertainty, and students in science and engineering need to identify and quantify uncertainties in the measurements they make. This book introduces measurement and uncertainty to second and third year students of science and engineering.

Its approach relies on the internationally recognised and recommended guidelines for calculating and...

Over klimaatverandering doen de meest uiteenlopende verhalen de ronde. De ene krantenkop vraagt zich af: ‘Hoezo opwarming?’ terwijl elders valt te lezen: ‘De mensheid stevent af op een klimaatcatastrofe’. Geen wonder dat veel mensen in verwarring zijn en niet weten hoe de vork in de steel zit.

In het publieke debat lopen de meningen over klimaatverandering sterk uiteen, ook over feitelijke aspecten die wetenschappelijk gezien heel helder zijn. Zo weten we al sinds de negentiende eeuw ...

Binas is een handig naslagwerk bij de vakken biologie, natuurkunde en scheikunde. De boeken zijn volledig in kleur uitgevoerd en mede daardoor helder en overzichtelijk. Binas is beschikbaar voor vmbo NaSk, vmbo biologie en voor havo/vwo Tweede Fase. Ook is er een Binas English edition voor de Tweede Fase.

This 1983 book is a lively and clearly written introduction to the philosophy of natural science, organized around the central theme of scientific realism. It has two parts. 'Representing' deals with the different philosophical accounts of scientific objectivity and the reality of scientific entities.

The views of Kuhn, Feyerabend, Lakatos, Putnam, van Fraassen, and others, are all considered. 'Intervening' presents the first sustained treatment of experimental science for many years and uses...

Advances in data collection and data storage techniques have enabled marketing researchers to study the individual characteristics of a large range of transactions and purchases, in particular the effects of household-specific characteristics. This 2001 book presents important and practically relevant quantitative models for marketing research. Each model is presented in detail with a self-contained discussion, which includes: a demonstration of the mechanics of the model, empirical analysis,...

A little over a decade since its first publication, the hypotheses set out in Manuel Castells' groundbreaking trilogy have largely been verified. In a substantial new preface to the first volume in the series, Castells demonstrates, in the light of major world trends, how the network society has now fully risen on a global scale.