1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451505203321

Autore

Austin Michael W

Titolo

Conceptions of parenthood [[electronic resource] ] : ethics and the family / / Michael W. Austin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2007

ISBN

1-317-16252-8

1-317-16251-X

1-281-09951-1

9786611099510

0-7546-8703-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (147 p.)

Collana

Ashgate studies in applied ethics

Disciplina

173

Soggetti

Parenting

Child rearing

Child rearing - Moral and ethical aspects

Children - Family relationships

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-135) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Philosophy and the family -- Unsuccessful conceptions of parenthood -- Successful conceptions of parenthood -- Stewardship and parental rights -- Stewardship and parental obligations.

Sommario/riassunto

In Conceptions of Parenthood Michael Austin provides a rigorous and accessible philosophical analysis of the numerous and distinct conceptions of parenthood. Austin rejects the 'proprietarian', 'best interests of the child', and 'biological' conceptions of parenthood as failing to generate parental rights and obligations but considers more sympathetically the 'custodial relationship', 'consent', and 'causal' conceptions of parenthood and ultimately defends a 'stewardship' conception.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910409990403321

Autore

Cufaro Petroni Nicola

Titolo

Probability and Stochastic Processes for Physicists / / by Nicola Cufaro Petroni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-48408-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 373 pages) : illustrations

Collana

UNITEXT for Physics, , 2198-7882

Disciplina

530.13

Soggetti

Physics

Probabilities

Mathematical physics

Dynamics

Ergodic theory

Vibration

Quantum theory

Mathematical Methods in Physics

Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes

Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory

Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control

Quantum Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Part 1: Probability -- Chapter 1. Probability spaces -- Chapter 2. Distributions -- Chapter 3. Random variables -- Chapter 4. Limit theorems -- Part 2: Stochastic Processes -- Chapter 5. General notions -- Chapter 6. Heuristic definitions -- Chapter 7. Markovianity -- Chapter 8. An outline of stochastic calculus -- Part 3: Physical modeling -- Chapter 9. Dynamical theory of Brownian motion -- Chapter 10. Stochastic mechanics -- Part 4: Appendices  -- A Consistency (Sect. 2.3.4) -- B Inequalities (Sect. 3.3.2) -- C Bertrand’s paradox (Sect. 3.5.1) -- D Lp spaces of rv’s (Sect. 4.1) -- E Moments



and cumulants (Sect. 4.2.1) -- F Binomial limit theorems (Sect. 4.3) -- G Non uniform point processes (Sect 6.1.1) -- H Stochastic calculus paradoxes (Sect. 6.4.2) -- I Pseudo-Markovian processes (Sect. 7.1.2) -- J Fractional Brownian motion (Sect. 7.1.10)  -- K Ornstein-Uhlenbeck equations (Sect. 7.2.4) -- L Stratonovich integral (Sect. 8.2.2) -- M Stochastic bridges (Sect. 10.2) -- N Kinematics of Gaussian diffusions (Sect. 10.3.1) -- O Substantial operators (Sect. 10.3.3) -- P Constant diffusion coefficients (Sect. 10.4).

Sommario/riassunto

This book seeks to bridge the gap between the parlance, the models, and even the notations used by physicists and those used by mathematicians when it comes to the topic of probability and stochastic processes. The opening four chapters elucidate the basic concepts of probability, including probability spaces and measures, random variables, and limit theorems. Here, the focus is mainly on models and ideas rather than the mathematical tools. The discussion of limit theorems serves as a gateway to extensive coverage of the theory of stochastic processes, including, for example, stationarity and ergodicity, Poisson and Wiener processes and their trajectories, other Markov processes, jump-diffusion processes, stochastic calculus, and stochastic differential equations. All these conceptual tools then converge in a dynamical theory of Brownian motion that compares the Einstein–Smoluchowski and Ornstein–Uhlenbeck approaches, highlighting the most important ideas that finally led to a connection between the Schrödinger equation and diffusion processes along the lines of Nelson’s stochastic mechanics. A series of appendices cover particular details and calculations, and offer concise treatments of particular thought-provoking topics.