Many central debates in the philosophy of science have, in one way or another, to do with objectivity: confirmation and the problem of induction; theory choice and scientific change; realism; scientific explanation; experimentation; measurement and quantification; evidence and the foundations of statistics; evidence-based science; feminism and values in science.
As Mr. Kenner marshals his prodigious evidence, including bushels of statistics, a veritable village of talking heads and too many dopey graphics, he makes the case that there's something horribly wrong with a system in which a bag of chips cost less than a bag of carrots.
Despite all of the evidence, the statistics of exclusion are daunting: Fewer than 3percentt of signatories to peace agreements are women; No women have been appointed Chief or Lead negotiator in UN sponsored peace talks; Only peace agreements in 10 of 45 conflicts addressed sexual violence.
These anecdotal reports of prejudice and insult are bolstered by the evidence of surveys and statistics.
But despite the evidence of its own statistics, CompuBox concluded on its website before the latest fight that "Pacquiao has improved while Márquez has regressed since their second fight.
All markers were in Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium, and there was no evidence of linkage (diversity statistics by loci are presented in Appendix S2).
But Snow's study of the neighborhood enabled him to add persuasive anecdotal evidence to the anonymity of statistics.
Although not every scientist will be willing to take on that public role, "it's important that it's not just left to the very senior people to draw attention to the misuse of evidence or statistics".
When lawsuits evolve around driverless cars, it will be difficult for courts to process and account for the class of data evidence that will evolve – reams of statistics about algorithms, traffic patterns, precipitation rates and traffic light patterns.
Ned Weeks is a ranter, a geyser of statistics and evidence, of legal questions and well-worked debate.
