03126nam 2200541 450 991079315580332120200520144314.01-5017-2742-710.7591/9781501727429(CKB)4100000006671545(OCoLC)1132219370(MdBmJHUP)muse71291(DE-B1597)515032(OCoLC)1054065691(DE-B1597)9781501727429(Au-PeEL)EBL5516029(MiAaPQ)EBC5516029(EXLCZ)99410000000667154520181006d2002 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe analytic imaginary /Marguerite La CazeIthaca ;London :Cornell University Press,2002.1 online resource (194 pages)0-8014-3935-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-190) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Philosophical Images -- 2. Analogizing Abortion -- 3. Experimenting with Persons -- 4. Contractarian Myths -- 5. Metaphorical Knowledge -- 6. Modeling Aesthetics -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- IndexThe notion of the philosophical imaginary developed by Michéle Le Doeuff refers to the capacity to imagine as well as to the stock of images philosophers employ. Making use of this notion, Marguerite La Caze explores the idea of the imaginary of analytic philosophy. Noting the marked tendency of analytic philosophy to be unselfconscious about the use of figurative language and the levels at which it works, La Caze shows how analytic images can work to define the parameters of debates and exclude differing approaches, including feminist ones.La Caze focuses on five influential types of images in five central areas of contemporary analytic philosophy: analogies and how they are used in the abortion debates; thought experiments in personal identity; the myth of the social contract; Thomas Nagel's use of visual and spatial metaphors in epistemology; and Kendall Walton's use of children's games as a foundational model in aesthetics.The author shows how the image promotes assumptions and conceals tensions in philosophical works, how the image persuades, and how it limits debate and excludes ideas. In providing an analysis of and reflection on the nature of the analytic imaginary, La Caze suggests that a more open-ended and reflexive approach can result in richer, more fruitful, philosophical work.Analysis (Philosophy)Thought experimentsFigures of speechMetaphorAnalysis (Philosophy)Thought experiments.Figures of speech.Metaphor.146/.4La Caze Marguerite1479080MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910793155803321The analytic imaginary3694991UNINA02956nam 22006493 450 991057868790332120231110221400.03-030-93986-3(CKB)5860000000053534(MiAaPQ)EBC7018786(Au-PeEL)EBL7018786(OCoLC)1331436883(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/87695(oapen)doab87695(EXLCZ)99586000000005353420220919d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPublic Systems Modeling Methods for Identifying and Evaluating Alternative Plans and PoliciesChamSpringer Nature2022Cham :Springer International Publishing AG,2022.©2022.1 online resource (329 pages)International Series in Operations Research and Management Science ;v.3183-030-93985-5 This is an open access book discusses readers to various methods of modeling plans and policies that address public sector issues and problems. Written for public policy and social sciences students at the upper undergraduate and graduate level, as well as public sector decision-makers, it demonstrates and compares the development and use of various deterministic and probabilistic optimization and simulation modeling methods for analyzing planning and management issues. These modeling tools offer a means of identifying and evaluating alternative plans and policies based on their physical, economic, environmental, and social impacts. Learning how to develop and use the mathematical modeling tools introduced in this book will give students useful skills when in positions of having to make informed public policy recommendations or decisions.International Series in Operations Research and Management Science Public administrationbicsscOperational researchbicsscOptimizationbicsscEconomic theory & philosophybicsscPublic systems planningPublic managementOperations researchModels for policy analysesPublic evaluationPolicy AnalysisPublic policy analysisLinear Optimization ModelingDiscrete Optimization ModelingLagrangian ModelsSimulation ModelingPublic administrationOperational researchOptimizationEconomic theory & philosophyLoucks Daniel P440319MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910578687903321Public Systems Modeling2911920UNINA