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Trust in Numbers : The Pursuit of Objectivity in Science and Public Life
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Author(s):
Theodore M. Porter
Publication date:
January 01 1995
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Princeton University Press
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9780691210544
Publication date:
January 01 1995
DOI:
10.1515/9780691210544
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Book chapters
pp. i
Frontmatter
pp. i
Front Matter
pp. v
Table of Contents
pp. v
Contents
pp. vii
Preface to the New Edition
pp. vii
Preface to the New Edition
pp. xix
Preface
pp. xix
Preface
pp. xxv
Acknowledgments
pp. xxv
Acknowledgments
pp. 3
INTRODUCTION
pp. 3
Cultures of Objectivity
pp. 3
INTRODUCTION. Cultures of Objectivity
pp. 11
A World of Artifice
pp. 11
A World of Artifice
pp. 11
CHAPTER ONE. A World of Artifice
pp. 33
How Social Numbers Are Made Valid
pp. 33
How Social Numbers Are Made Valid
pp. 33
CHAPTER TWO. How Social Numbers Are Made Valid
pp. 49
Economic Measurement and the Values of Science
pp. 49
Economic Measurement and the Values of Science
pp. 49
CHAPTER THREE. Economic Measurement and the Values of Science
pp. 73
The Political Philosophy of Quantification
pp. 73
The Political Philosophy of Quantification
pp. 73
CHAPTER FOUR. The Political Philosophy of Quantification
pp. 89
Experts against Objectivity:
pp. 89
CHAPTER FIVE. Experts against Objectivity: Accountants and Actuaries
pp. 89
Experts against Objectivity: Accountants and Actuaries
pp. 114
CHAPTER SIX. French State Engineers and the Ambiguities of Technocracy
pp. 114
French State Engineers and the Ambiguities of Technocracy
pp. 114
French State Engineers and the Ambiguities of Technocracy
pp. 148
U.S. Army Engineers and the Rise of Cost-Benefit Analysis
pp. 148
CHAPTER SEVEN. U.S. Army Engineers and the Rise of Cost-Benefit Analysis
pp. 148
U.S. Army Engineers and the Rise of Cost-Benefit Analysis
pp. 193
CHAPTER EIGHT. Objectivity and the Politics of Disciplines
pp. 193
Objectivity and the Politics of Disciplines
pp. 193
Objectivity and the Politics of Disciplines
pp. 217
Is Science Made by Communities?
pp. 217
Is Science Made by Communities?
pp. 217
CHAPTER NINE. Is Science Made by Communities?
pp. 233
Notes
pp. 233
Notes
pp. 269
Bibliography
pp. 269
Bibliography
pp. 303
Index
pp. 303
Index
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