-
121 time structure
English-Russian dictionary of Information technology > time structure
-
122 tree structure
English-Russian dictionary of Information technology > tree structure
-
123 underlying structure
English-Russian dictionary of Information technology > underlying structure
-
124 wave structure
English-Russian dictionary of Information technology > wave structure
-
125 Theory
Neurath has likened science to a boat which, if we are to rebuild it, we must rebuild plank by plank while staying afloat in it. The philosopher and the scientist are in the same boat....Analyze theory-building how we will, we all must start in the middle. Our conceptual firsts are middle-sized, middle-distanced objects, and our introduction to them and to everything comes midway in the cultural evolution of the race. In assimilating this cultural fare we are little more aware of a distinction between report and invention, substance and style, cues and conceptualization, than we are of a distinction between the proteins and the carbohydrates of our material intake. Retrospectively we may distinguish the components of theory-building, as we distinguish the proteins and carbohydrates while subsisting on them. (Quine, 1960, pp. 4-6)Theories are usually introduced when previous study of a class of phenomena has revealed a system of uniformities.... Theories then seek to explain those regularities and, generally, to afford a deeper and more accurate understanding of the phenomena in question. To this end, a theory construes those phenomena as manifestations of entities and processes that lie behind or beneath them, as it were. (Hempel, 1966, p. 70)A strong approach [to construct validation] looks on construct validation as tough-minded testing of specific hypotheses:heoretical concepts are defined conceptually or implicitly by their role in a network of nomological or statistical "laws." The meaning is partially given by the theoretical network, however tentative and as yet impoverished that network may be. Crudely put, you know what you mean by an entity to the extent that statements about it in the theoretical language are linked to statements in the observational language. These statements are about where it's found, what it does, what it's made of. Only a few of those properties are directly tied to observables [p. 136]. In [an early] theory sketch, based upon some experience and data, everything said is conjectural. We have tentative notions about some indicators of the construct with unknown validities [p. 144]. [When we check up empirically on predictions from the model] we are testing the crude theory sketch, we are tightening the network psychometrically, and we are validating the indicators. All of these are done simultaneously [p. 149]. [Extracted with elisions and some paraphrase from Meehl & Golden, 1982.] (Cronbach, 1990, p. 183)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Theory
См. также в других словарях:
Crude Oil Data Exchange — (CODE) is an electronic business standard sanctioned by the American Petroleum Institute[1]. CODE was initially implemented as the standard in 1978. It provides field formats and record layouts to facilitate the transmission of crude oil run… … Wikipedia
Data East Arcade Classics — Developer(s) G1M2 Publisher(s) Majesco Entertainment Series Data East Platform(s) … Wikipedia
Data General — Industry Computer Fate Acquired Successor EMC Corporation Founded 1968 … Wikipedia
Data General Nova — System Data General Nova 1200 front panel … Wikipedia
Data East — Тип публичная компания Год основания 1976 Упразднена 2003 Причина упразднения несостоятельность … Википедия
Crude oil assay — A crude oil assay is essentially the chemical evaluation of crude oil feedstocks by petroleum testing laboratories. Each crude oil type has unique molecular, chemical characteristics. No crude oil type is identical and there are crucial… … Wikipedia
Data Validation and Reconciliation — Industrial process data validation and reconciliation or short data validation and reconciliation (DVR) is a technology which is using process information and mathematical methods in order to automatically correct measurements in industrial… … Wikipedia
crude — [[t]kru͟ːd[/t]] cruder, crudest, crudes 1) ADJ GRADED A crude method or measurement is not exact or detailed, but may be useful or correct in a rough, general way. Standard measurements of blood pressure are an important but crude way of… … English dictionary
data processing — Conversion of crude information into usable or storable form; statistical analysis of data by a computer program … Medical dictionary
Two Crude — Dudes North American arcade flyer of the arcade version. Developer(s) Data East … Wikipedia
Two Crude Dudes — Two Crude Two Crude Éditeur Data East Développeur Data East Concepteur Akira Ohtami Date de sortie 1990 Genre Beat them all Mode de jeu … Wikipédia en Français