Measuring the Intentional World

by J.D. Trout

Book Overview

Scientific realism has been advanced as an interpretation of the natural sciences but never the behavioral sciences. This exciting book introduces a novel version of scientific realism--Measured Realism--that characterizes the kind of theoretical progress in the social and psychological sciences that is uneven but indisputable. Trout proposes a theory of measurement--Population-Guided Estimation--that connects natural, psychological, and social scientific...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195107667
• ISBN13: 9780195107661
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"