The flexible constitution / / Sean Wilson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910975188603321
• Autore: Wilson Sean <1967->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2013
• ISBN: 979-82-16-34629-6; 1-299-28224-5; 0-7391-7816-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (237 p.)
• Disciplina: 342.73001
• Soggetti: Constitutional law - United States - Philosophy; Origin (Philosophy)
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Flexible Constitution; Table of Contents; Citation Abbreviations; Citation Form and Style; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Conclusion; Introduction; Chapter 1: Wittgenstein, Law and Originalism; 1. Law and Wittgenstein; (a) John Brigham; (b) Postmodern Scholars; (c) Format and Innovation; (d) Beyond Skepticism; 2. Originalism; Notes; Part I: Interpreting the Constitution; Chapter2: Obeying Flexible Commands; 1. Three Levels of Analysis; (a) Conceptual Analysis; (b) Criterial Analysis; (c) Instantiation; 2. Decision Trees; (a) Interrelation; 3. Reconsidering Dworkin; (a) Three Levels of Analysis(b) Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3: Is There a Fixed Meaning?; 1. The Baptismal Thesis; 2. Language Rigidity; 3. History as Law?; 4. Abstract Principles?; (a) Dworkinians; (b) Example: "Unreasonable" Searches; 5. Original Meaning?; Notes; Chapter 4: Public Meaning v. Meaning as Use; 1. "Public Meaning"; (a) Majority Preference?; (b) Historical Stereotypes/Archetypes; (c) Aggregated Historical Behavior; 2. Family-Resemblance-Wittgenstein; 3. Family-Resemblance-Pinker; 4. Sharp Boundaries; 5. Technicality; Notes; Chapter 5: The Flexible Constitution; 1. Sense-Shifting(a) "The Army"; (b) "Citizen"; (c) "Age"; 2. Many Ways to Follow; 3. Interpretation v. Construction; 4. Cooperative Talking; Notes; Chapter 6: Structuralism and Polysemy; 1. Structuralism; 2. ; Culturally Appropriate; 3. Polysemy:; (a) Definition; (b) Significance; (c) Legal Examples; (d) Not Originalism!; 4. Assertability Conditions; Notes; Chapter 7: Law as ConnoisseurJudgment; 1. ConnoisseurJudgment; 2. Relationship of Law to Art; 3. The Appreciable Behavior; (a) Taxonomical Question; (b) Qualitative Issues; (c) Conservatives and Beyond; Notes; Part II:Understanding OriginalismChapter 8: The Philosophy of Framers' Intent; 1. The Role of Text; 2. Temporal Issues; 3. What Kind of Beliefs Matter?; (a) The Memory Pensieve; (b) Specificity in Belief; (c) Confusion?; 4. Imaginary Personification; Notes; Chapter 9:Why Framers' Intent is Flawed; 1. An Unattainable Idea; (a) Who are "the Framers?"; (b) Which Mental States?; (c) Skepticism; 2. A Misguided Idea; (a) Knotted Grammar; (b) Textualism; (c) The New Unit of Analysis; (d) Beyond Speaker's Meaning; Notes; Chapter 10: The New Originalism; 1. No "Boss Logic"; (a) Authorial Intent? 2. Bystander-Textualism; 3. Speaker's Meaning?; (a) Judging Language?; Notes; Chapter 11: The Constitution as Old Society; 1.Whose Preferences Count?; (a) Aggregating Philosophy; (b) Qualitative Factors; 2. Criticism; (a) Social Learning; (b) Presentism; (c) Wrong Unit of Analysis; (d) Domination Isn't Special; Notes; Chapter 12: Cultural Construction; 1. Abortion, Sodomy and Time Travel; (a) Mystery Rights; (b) Past Populism; (c) Past Culture; (d) Perspectival Views; 2. Cultural Development; Notes; Chapter 13: What Originalism Really Is; 1. A Formal Definition
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a new Wittgensteinian account of the American Constitution that provides a fresh perspective on how judges can follow a legal document written in flexible language. The book shows why originalism is incompatible with the American legal system and challenges the views of Ronald Dworkin and numerous law professors.

Concepts, models, and tools for information fusion / / Eloi Bosse, Jean Roy, Steve Wark

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910975313803321
• Autore: Bossé Éloi <1956->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Norwood, MA, : Artech House, c2007
• ISBN: 1-59693-082-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (392 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): RoyJean; WarkSteve
• Disciplina: 355.3; 355.33041; 355.3304103
• Soggetti: Command and control systems; Information warfare; Multisensor data fusion
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Concepts, Models, and Tools for Information Fusion; Contents v; Foreword xiii; Chapter 1 Introduction 1; Chapter 2 Decision-Making Models 11; Chapter 3 Situation Awareness and Analysis Models 27; Chapter 4 Data- and Information-Fusion Models 69; Chapter 5 Situation Analysis and Decision-Support Systems 119; Chapter 6 Knowledge, Belief, and Uncertainty 141; Chapter 7 Qualitative and Symbolic Approaches 151; Chapter 8 Quantitative Approaches 169; Chapter 9 Hybrid and Graphical Approaches 211; Computational Aspects of Information Fusion 231.
• Sommario/riassunto: In the heat of battle, a split second can be all the time a military commander has to give orders. Information fusion technology enables commanders to lead decisively and confidently during active conflict. Masses of live information are instantaneously integrated to create a coherent and precise picture of a rapidly evolving situation. This book brings together an international panel of leading experts that give a fresh and cohesive perspective on this technology's models, methods, mathematics, and computer systems. It considers the human factors key to the automated analysis process. Providi.