How Well Do Facts Travel?


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This book discusses how facts travel, and when and why they sometimes travel well enough to acquire a life of their own. Whether or not facts travel in this manner depends not only on their character and ability to play useful roles elsewhere, but also on the labels, packaging, vehicles and company that take them across difficult terrains and over disciplinary boundaries. These diverse stories of travelling facts, ranging from architecture to nanotechnology and from romance fiction to climate science, change the way we see the nature of facts. Facts are far from the bland and rather boring but useful objects that scientists and humanists produce and fit together to make narratives, arguments and evidence. Rather, their extraordinary abilities to travel well shows when, how and why facts can be used to build further knowledge beyond and away from their sites of original production and intended use.




Facts, Values, and Norms


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In our everyday lives we struggle with the notions of why we do what we do and the need to assign values to our actions. Somehow, it seems possible through experience and life to gain knowledge and understanding of such matters. Yet once we start delving deeper into the concepts that underwrite these domains of thought and actions, we face a philosophical disappointment. In contrast to the world of facts, values and morality seem insecure, uncomfortably situated, easily influenced by illusion or ideology. How can we apply this same objectivity and accuracy to the spheres of value and morality? In the essays included in this collection, Peter Railton shows how a fairly sober, naturalistically informed view of the world might nonetheless incorporate objective values and moral knowledge. This book will be of interest to professionals and students working in philosophy and ethics.




Fact-Finding without Facts


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Fact-Finding Without Facts explores international criminal fact-finding - empirically, conceptually, and normatively. After reviewing thousands of pages of transcripts from various international criminal tribunals, the author reveals that international criminal trials are beset by numerous and severe fact-finding impediments that substantially impair the tribunals' ability to determine who did what to whom. These fact-finding impediments have heretofore received virtually no publicity, let alone scholarly treatment, and they are deeply troubling not only because they raise grave concerns about the accuracy of the judgments currently being issued but because they can be expected to similarly impair the next generation of international trials that will be held at the International Criminal Court. After setting forth her empirical findings, the author considers their conceptual and normative implications. The author concludes that international criminal tribunals purport a fact-finding competence that they do not possess and, as a consequence, base their judgments on a less precise, more amorphous method of fact-finding than they publicly acknowledge.




O. J. Simpson Facts and Fictions


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Analyses media coverage of O. J. Simpson trial and divided reactions of 'White' and African Americans.




The Theory of Quantum Information


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Formal development of the mathematical theory of quantum information with clear proofs and exercises. For graduate students and researchers.




Cambridge Facts


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Cambridge Facts and Figures


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330 Acclaimed Cambridge Facts to Learn


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Here it is: Cambridge! There has never been a Cambridge Guide like this. It contains 330 answers, much more than you can imagine; comprehensive answers and extensive details and references, with insights that have never before been offered in print. Get the information you need--fast! This all-embracing guide offers a thorough view of key knowledge and detailed insight. This Guide introduces what you want to know about Cambridge. A quick look inside of some of the subjects covered: Magdalene College, Cambridge - Refoundation, The University of Cambridge - Procedure, Cambridge Buddhist Association - Spiritual directors, Cambridgeshire - Tertiary, F. Scott Fitzgerald - Cambridge Editions, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge - Marriage and mistress, Magdalene College, Cambridge - Notable current and past fellows, James Clerk Maxwell - University of Cambridge, 1850-56, Cambridge English Language Assessment - Alignment with the Common European Framework of Reference for Language (CEFR), Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, University of Cambridge - Graduation, Cambridge University - Sport, The University of Cambridge - Sports, Cambridge City Council (disambiguation), University of Cambridge - Colleges, Cambridge, Massachusetts Primary and secondary public education, University of Cambridge - Council and the General Board, Cambridge University - Sports, The University of Cambridge - Sites, University of Cambridge - Museums, Cambridge Computer Lab - Landmark projects and results, Cambridge, ON - Sports and recreation, Queens' College, Cambridge - Friar's Court, Prelims - University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge - Foundation of the colleges, Football - Cambridge rules, Cambridge University - Humanities, music and art, Proctor - Cambridge University, Cambridge - Public services, and much more...