Tag: Peter Rabins

September 6, 2013

Bridges Too Far? Peter Rabins on What Causality Can Tell Us About Bridge Collapses

“A correct causal analysis is much more than assigning blame. It provides guidance for preventing future failures and can drive the accumulation of new knowledge.”—Peter Rabins We conclude our week-long feature on Peter Rabins’s The Why of Things: Causality in...

September 5, 2013

Peter Rabins: "Widespread Power Failures: Programmatic and Emergent Causality"

This week our featured book is The Why of Things: Causality in Science, Medicine, and Life, by Peter Rabins. This is the fifth article in a series of six articles by Peter Rabins. And, don’t forget to enter our book...

September 5, 2013

Peter Rabins: Douthat, Pinker and "Scientism"

“[Steven] Pinker has failed to recognize the limits of empirical scientific reasoning, just as those who rely predominantly on ecclesiastic or empathic reasoning mistakenly reject scientific results because they do not fit with their values.”—Peter Rabins This week our featured...

September 4, 2013

Peter Rabins: "Three-Facet Model of Causality"

This week our featured book is The Why of Things: Causality in Science, Medicine, and Life, by Peter Rabins. Today, we are featuring another article by Peter Rabins on his unique three facet model approach to causality. And, don’t forget...

September 3, 2013

Peter Rabins on Causality and Evolution

“That a construct described 150 years ago is still so central to scientific thinking on the matter is a tribute to Darwin’s genius and, more importantly, evidence of the power of the proposal that he made.”—Peter Rabins This week our...

July 30, 2013

New Book Tuesday: Plane Crashes, Design Thinking, the Newest from Donald Keene, and More New Titles!

The following books are now available: Mortal Rituals: What the Story of the Andes Survivors Tells Us About Human Evolution Matt J. Rossano The Why of Things: Causality in Science, Medicine, and Life Peter Rabins Solving Problems with Design Thinking:...