One influential view of science focuses on the credibility that scientists attach to alternative theories and on the evolution of these credibilities under the impact of data. Interpreting credibility as probability leads to the Bayesian analysis of inquiry, which has helped us to understand diverse aspects of scientific practice. Eric Martin and Daniel N. Osherson take as their starting point a different set of intuitions about the variables to be retained in a model of inquiry. They present a theory of inductive logic that is built from the tools of logic and model theory. Their aim is to extend the mathematics of Formal Learning Theory to a more general setting and to provide a more accurate image of empirical inquiry. In particular, their theory integrates recent ideas in the theory of rational belief change. The formal results of their study illuminate aspects of scientific inquiry that are not covered by the Bayesian approach.  Exercises appear throughout the text; solutions are provided in an appendix.

Elements of Scientific Inquiry

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Osherson, Daniel N.

Martin, Éric

Mental Health

Bradford Books

One influential view of science focuses on the credibility that scientists attach to alternative theories and on the evolution of these credibilities under the impact of data. Interpreting credibility as probability leads to the Bayesian analysis of inquiry, which has helped us to understand diverse aspects of scientific practice. Eric Martin and Daniel N. Osherson take as their starting point a different set of intuitions about the variables to be retained in a model of inquiry. They present a theory of inductive logic that is built from the tools of logic and model theory. Their aim is to extend the mathematics of Formal Learning Theory to a more general setting and to provide a more accurate image of empirical inquiry. In particular, their theory integrates recent ideas in the theory of rational belief change. The formal results of their study illuminate aspects of scientific inquiry that are not covered by the Bayesian approach.Exercises appear throughout the text; solutions are provided in an appendix.

Elements of Scientific Inquiry (Bradford Books)

Science & Math

History & Philosophy

MIT Press]

Mike Olive returns to his North Carolina farming community with a group of fellow Duke University students to investigate the decline of tobacco farming and the use--and abuse--of Mexican farm workers, but his determination to rid his town of corruption and bigotry causes conflict among his neighbors, a situation that becomes complicated by his growing feelings for the daughter of one of his father's workers. A first novel.

Luck: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

United States

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

Liberation Day—it’s a title suited to a story of a nation at war and a people held captive. In this case, the invader is not some foreign enemy. It is the government at war with the nation it governs. And the Liberation Day this book speaks of is the day we take our nation back—back from a federal government that has long defied the constitutional restraints that guarantee our freedom.
In Liberation Day, Eric Martin shows us how our Constitution can and must be used to make us and the states in which we live prosperous, powerful, and free as they were meant to be. Martin lays out a rationally innovative plan that radically downsizes or completely dissolves more than 250 federal entities that wield power both unconscionable and unconstitutional.
With its unconstitutional burdens rightfully jettisoned, our federal government will align at last with the Founding Law that makes us and our states truly free. The framers of the Constitution understood only too well that government is by its nature a beast, of use if properly restrained, but oppressive and even lethal if allowed out of bounds. By reapplying to government the well-wrought chains of our Constitution, we will liberate ourselves.
Sam Adams said it best nearly two and a half centuries ago: “It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.” Here is the match. Now is the time to strike it.
Included in the book are 23 proposed Executive Orders that a president can implement in a single day and the complete text of the Constitution.

Liberation Day: Our Nation Empowered by the Constitution

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

The Liberation Day Movement

Offers advice on writing effective cover letters by understanding the audience, creating memorable openings and closings, communicating personal strengths, and polishing one's writing style

Cover Letters They Don't Forget (Opportunities in)

Business & Money

Job Hunting & Careers

McGraw=Hill

How can people of faith connect their religious traditions with the rise of overtly fascist violence in the United States? That’s the question this book takes up. With first-hand accounts from the largest white supremacist gathering in modern American history at Unite the Right in Charlottesville, Virginia, it shares how the clergy resisting Nazis and the KKK point a way forward for Christians in particular. But The Writing on the Wall expands outward to ask what churches can learn from antifascists, Black Lives Matter, and those working on the ground to combat the continuing coalition of far-right militias and gangs that promise to endure with or without Trump in office. In the wake of a deadly Capitol insurrection robed in Christian imagery, this book invites the faithful to imagine a counter-witness that does more than merely preach against hate. Using biblical exegesis, storytelling, interviews, thought experiments, art, and theology, The Writing on the Wall explores how we can rethink notions of civil disobedience, nonviolence, love, prayer, and liturgy to enflesh a worthy faith in the face of a fascist creep.

The Writing on the Wall: Signs of Faith against Fascism

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Cascade Books

The Writing on the Wall

As America’s most infamous former Secretary of Defense lies poised to unleash his wistful recollections and rewriting of the war on terror, authors Eric Martin and Stephen Elliott humbly submit their take to the historical record: Donald. What would happen if Donald Rumsfeld, former defense secretary and architect of the war on terror, was abducted at night from his Maryland home, held without charges in his own prison system, denied a trial, and kept in a place where no one could find him, beyond the reach of the law? Donald is a high-wire allegory that answers this question, in equal parts breakneck thriller and gradual descent into madness. But it is also a novel rooted in the harrowing stories of real people caught in America’s military campaigns. And while there are those who would try to convince us that war is full of uncertaintyof knowns and unknownsDonald reminds us that there remain things we know to be wrong.

Donald

Humor & Entertainment

Elliott, Stephen

Humor

McSweeney's

L'usine du futur - Stratégies et déploiement - Industrie 4.0, de l'IoT aux jumeaux numériques: Industrie 4.0, de l'IoT aux jumeaux numériques

Biographies & Memoirs

Julien, Nathalie

Professionals & Academics

Dunod]

Screaming on the Inside: Sarcastic Humor Journal with Scream Bubbles Inside

Management & Leadership

Independently published

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