Supplemental Material for The Emergence of the Empirical Stance: Children’s Testing of Counterintuitive Claims

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Stance

John Locke: The Philosopher as Christian Virtuoso

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Nuovo
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
John Locke ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
Natural Philosopher ◽  
Philosophical Thought ◽  
Christian Philosophy ◽  
Modern Europe ◽  
Empirical Stance

The purpose of this book is to present the philosophical thought of John Locke as the work of a Christian virtuoso. In his role as ‘virtuoso’, an experimental natural philosopher of the sort that flourished in England during the seventeenth century, Locke was a proponent of the so-called ‘new philosophy’, a variety of atomism that emerged in early modern Europe. But he was also a practicing Christian, and he professed confidence that the two vocations were not only compatible but mutually sustaining. Locke aspired, without compromising his empirical stance, to unite the two vocations in a single philosophical endeavor with the aim of producing a system of Christian philosophy. Although the birth of the modern secular outlook did not happen smoothly or without many conflicts of belief, Locke, in his role of Christian virtuoso, endeavored to resolve apparent contradictions. Nuovo draws attention to the often-overlooked complexities and diversity of Locke’s thought, and argues that Locke must now be counted among the creators of early modern systems of philosophy.

The Empirical Stance ? Bas van Fraassen

2006 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-177
Author(s):  
John Ross Churchill
Keyword(s):  
Van Fraassen ◽  
Bas Van Fraassen ◽  
Empirical Stance

scholarly journals Modeling the Covid-19 Epidemic Using Time Series Econometrics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Goliński ◽  
Peter Spencer
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Logistic Model ◽  
Classical Model ◽  
Realistic Model ◽  
Statistical Characteristics ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Time Series Econometrics ◽  
Case Count ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Empirical Stance

AbstractThe classic ‘logistic’ model has provided a realistic model of the behavior of Covid-19 in China and many East Asian countries. Once these countries passed the peak, the daily case count fell back, mirroring its initial climb in a symmetric way, just as the classic model predicts. However, in Italy and Spain, and now the UK and many other Western countries, the experience has been very different. The daily count has fallen back gradually from the peak but remained stubbornly high. The reason for the divergence from the classical model remain unclear. We take an empirical stance on this issue and develop a model that is based upon the statistical characteristics of the time series. With the possible exception of China, the workhorse logistic model is decisively rejected against more flexible alternatives.

scholarly journals The Empirical Stance vs. The Critical Attitude

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 200-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darrell Patrick Rowbottom
Keyword(s):  
Critical Attitude ◽  
Empirical Stance

The empirical stance

2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (05) ◽  
pp. 40-2725-40-2725
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Stance

The bottom of the universe: Flat earth science in the Age of Encounter

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
James J Allegro
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Earth Science ◽  
Earth Model ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Spherical Earth ◽  
Cast Doubt ◽  
European Thought ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Empirical Stance

This essay challenges the dominance of the spherical earth model in fifteenth- and early-sixteenth-century Western European thought. It examines parallel strains of Latin and vernacular writing that cast doubt on the existence of the southern hemisphere. Three factors shaped the alternate accounts of the earth as a plane and disk put forward by these sources: (1) the unsettling effects of maritime expansion on scientific thought; (2) the revival of interest in early Christian criticism of the spherical earth; and (3) a rigid empirical stance toward entities too large to observe in their entirety, including the earth. Criticism of the spherical earth model faded in the decades after Magellan’s crew returned from circuiting the earth in 1522.

The Empirical Stance

2006 ◽  
Vol 115 (3) ◽  
pp. 404-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Millgram
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Stance

scholarly journals Applied Behavior Analysis as Treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorders: Topic Modeling and Linguistic Analysis of Reddit Posts

2022 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica L. Bellon-Harn ◽  
Ryan L. Boyd ◽  
Vinaya Manchaiah
Keyword(s):  
Topic Modeling ◽  
Treatment Decision ◽  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Research Information ◽  
Treatment Decision Making ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Aba Therapy ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Empirical Stance

Background: It is critical for professionals to understand the discourse landscape within various online and social media outlets in order to support families of children with autism in treatment decision-making. This need is heightened when considering treatments that have garnered excitement and controversy, such as applied behavioral analysis (ABA) therapy.Method: The specific aims of this study were to identify the main themes in Reddit posts about ABA-based interventions for autism using topic modeling, to examine the linguistic aspects of Reddit conversations using the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) analysis, and to examine the relationship between linguistic aspects and user category (i.e., pro- vs. anti-ABA vs. undecided, parent vs. professional vs. an individual with autism).Results: The topic modeling resulted in 11 themes that ranged across various elements, such as autism as a condition and its management, stakeholders, and consequences of autism and the support needed. The posts of individuals were focused on personal experiences and opinions as opposed to clinical and research information sharing. Linguistic analysis indicated that the posts reveal an intimate stance rather than an empirical stance.Conclusions: Results provide insight into perspectives of ABA. This type of research may help in developing and distributing appropriate and evidence-based information.

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