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Author |
: Michael S. Moore |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 613 |
Release |
: 2020-05-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190864019 |
ISBN-13 |
: 019086401X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mechanical Choices by : Michael S. Moore
Mechanical Choices details the intimate connection that exists between morality and law: the morality we use to blame others for their misdeeds and the criminal law that punishes them for these misdeeds. This book shows how both law and morality presuppose the accuracy of common sense, a centuries-old psychology that defines people as rational agents who make honorable choices and act for just reasons. It then shows how neuroscience is commonly taken to challenge these fundamental psychological assumptions. Such challenges--four in number--are distinguished from each other by the different neuroscientific facts from which they arise: the fact that human choices are caused by brain events; the fact that those choices don't cause the actions that are their objects but are only epiphenomenal to those choices; the fact that those choices are identical to certain physical events in the brain; and the fact that human subjects are quite fallible in their knowledge of what they are doing and why. The body of this book shows how such challenges are either based on faulty facts or misconceived as to the relevance of such facts to responsibility. The book ends with a detailed examination of the neuroscience of addiction, an examination which illustrates how neuroscience can help rather than challenge both law and morality in their quest to accurately define excuses from responsibility.
Author |
: Michael S. Moore |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 352 |
Release |
: 2020-05-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190864002 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190864001 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mechanical Choices by : Michael S. Moore
Mechanical Choices details the intimate connection that exists between morality and law: the morality we use to blame others for their misdeeds and the criminal law that punishes them for these misdeeds. This book shows how both law and morality presuppose the accuracy of common sense, a centuries-old psychology that defines people as rational agents who make honorable choices and act for just reasons. It then shows how neuroscience is commonly taken to challenge these fundamental psychological assumptions. Such challenges--four in number--are distinguished from each other by the different neuroscientific facts from which they arise: the fact that human choices are caused by brain events; the fact that those choices don't cause the actions that are their objects but are only epiphenomenal to those choices; the fact that those choices are identical to certain physical events in the brain; and the fact that human subjects are quite fallible in their knowledge of what they are doing and why. The body of this book shows how such challenges are either based on faulty facts or misconceived as to the relevance of such facts to responsibility. The book ends with a detailed examination of the neuroscience of addiction, an examination which illustrates how neuroscience can help rather than challenge both law and morality in their quest to accurately define excuses from responsibility.
Author |
: Thomas Skocir |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 485 |
Release |
: 2018-04-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351432719 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351432710 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mechanical Conveyors by : Thomas Skocir
This book is a comprehensive, practical guide and reference to today's mechanical conveyor systems. It covers all types of mechanical conveyors, providing in-depth information on their design, function and applications. More than 180 photographs and schematics illustrate details of design and system layout. An introductory chapter provides an understanding of the characteristics of various types of bulk solids, including their conveyability and the types of conveying systems most effective for each. Following chapters examine each of five major categories of conveying systems, with practical details on their design, operation and applications. The final chapter presents basic information on motors and drives for conveying systems, as well as related equipment such as speed reduction systems and conveyor brakes. The emphasis throughout the text is on practical engineering and operating information, with a minimum of theory. The presentation is systematic and organized for easy reference. A very detailed index enables the quick location of needed information. This guide and reference will be useful to all engineers and other personnel involved in the continuous movement of bulk solids. It serves as both a basic introduction and a desk-top reference. The Authors Dr. Fayed is a Professor and Director of the Powder Science & Technology Group at Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto. He is also a licensed Consulting Engineer, a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering. Previously he held positions in process design and development with ICI, Davy McKee, M. W. Kellogg, and Peabody. He has lectured at numerous seminars and workshops at meetings of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and other organizations. He has published many papers on particulate technology and is the co-editor of Powder Science & Technology Handbook. Thomas Skocir in an engineer presently with ECO-TEC
Author |
: M. F. Ashby |
Publisher |
: Pergamon |
Total Pages |
: 311 |
Release |
: 1992-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0750627271 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780750627276 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis Materials Selection in Mechanical Design by : M. F. Ashby
New materials enable advances in engineering design. This book describes a procedure for material selection in mechanical design, allowing the most suitable materials for a given application to be identified from the full range of materials and section shapes available. A novel approach is adopted not found elsewhere. Materials are introduced through their properties; materials selection charts (a new development) capture the important features of all materials, allowing rapid retrieval of information and application of selection techniques. Merit indices, combined with charts, allow optimisation of the materials selection process. Sources of material property data are reviewed and approaches to their use are given. Material processing and its influence on the design are discussed. The book closes with chapters on aesthetics and industrial design. Case studies are developed as a method of illustrating the procedure and as a way of developing the ideas further.
Author |
: John D. Campbell |
Publisher |
: CRC Press |
Total Pages |
: 489 |
Release |
: 2016-04-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780849303241 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0849303249 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Asset Management Excellence by : John D. Campbell
During the eight years since the publication of Maintenance Excellence: Optimizing Equipment Life-Cycle Decisions the business environment has changed drastically. Globalization, consolidation, and changes in technology challenge asset management and maintenance professionals to be more efficient. Globalization and consolidation have been particula
Author |
: Deborah Menaker Rothschild |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 206 |
Release |
: 1998 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0300074948 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780300074949 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Graphic Design in the Mechanical Age by : Deborah Menaker Rothschild
Drawing from Merrill C. Berman's spectacular international private collection of 20th-century posters, ads, photomontages, and graphic ephemera, this book showcases more than 200 examples of progressive graphic design from the 1920s and 1930s. The book accompanies a traveling exhibition through 1999. 100 color and 100 b&w illustrations.
Author |
: John D. Campbell |
Publisher |
: CRC Press |
Total Pages |
: 532 |
Release |
: 2001-02-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1420029401 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781420029406 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis Maintenance Excellence by : John D. Campbell
Considering maintenance from a proactive, rather than reactive, perspective, Maintenance Excellence details the strategies, tools, and solutions for maximizing the productivity of physical assets—focusing on profitability potential. The editors address contemporary concerns, key terms, data requirements, critical methodologies, and essential mathematical needs. They present maintenance in a business context, review planning, measurement, feedback, and techniques related to cost, efficiency, and results, and summarize applications of tools and software from statistics and neural networks to cost-optimized models.
Author |
: M. N. SHETTY |
Publisher |
: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. |
Total Pages |
: 991 |
Release |
: 2013-01-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9788120346383 |
ISBN-13 |
: 8120346386 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis DISLOCATIONS AND MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF MATERIALS by : M. N. SHETTY
Primarily intended for the senior undergraduate and postgraduate students of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering/Mechanical Engineering, the book begins with the description of elementary mechanical testing method and then moves on to the theory of elasticity, the micromechanics of high strain rate deformation phenomenon and quantitative methods of materials selection. Dislocation and their applications is the strength of this book. The topics such as creep, fatigue and fracture are comprehensively covered. The final chapter presents the principles of materials selection. The book contains numerous solved and unsolved examples to reinforce the understanding of the subject.
Author |
: Max Kuhn |
Publisher |
: CRC Press |
Total Pages |
: 266 |
Release |
: 2019-07-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351609463 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351609467 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis Feature Engineering and Selection by : Max Kuhn
The process of developing predictive models includes many stages. Most resources focus on the modeling algorithms but neglect other critical aspects of the modeling process. This book describes techniques for finding the best representations of predictors for modeling and for nding the best subset of predictors for improving model performance. A variety of example data sets are used to illustrate the techniques along with R programs for reproducing the results.
Author |
: G. J. Blower |
Publisher |
: Prentice Hall |
Total Pages |
: 347 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0131976206 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780131976207 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Plumbing by : G. J. Blower
An essential purcahse for the trainee plumber apprentices, this book is ideal for those studying NVQ Plumbing.