Joseph C Pitt
Biographic Data
| ID | 193354 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph C Pitt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph C |
| FAMILY NAME | Pitt |
| SIGNATURE | PITT J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Tech |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Section 2. Boundary Disagreements
Influencing technological change
The philosophy of technology is not influencing technological change because there isn’t a single philosophy of technology. Philosophers of technology should be involved in technological change because we have something valuable to offer. But before we can get involved, we have to be accepted by those effecting the changes. That means we have to acquire the credentials necessary to establish our credibility. We have to get our hands dirty
Heraclitus Redux
Course recommendation as a construct in student evaluations
Recommendation is a highly credible and powerful construct in marketing. This article investigates the construct intention to recommend in the context of student evaluations of teaching. Motivated by changes in the sector, the study explores what factors drive course recommendation and their relationship with each other. A structural model is tested, using partial least squares on a sample of 113 students. The results show that both emotional (i.…
Understanding case studies
Motivating an engineer to be a leader
Rational Changes in Science
Change and Progress in Modern Science
Doing Philosophy of Technology
Change and Progress in Modern Science
Rational Changes in Science
Doing Philosophy of Technology
Human Beings as Technological Artifacts
Speak to Me
The Discovery of Kepler's Laws
Problematics in the history of philosophy
The myth of science education
Empirical Knowledge . Alan H. Goldman
Style” and technology
Galileo, Rationality and Explanation
It is argued that Galileo's theory of justification was a version of explanationism. Galileo's Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems is to be read as primarily a defense of his theory of the tides. He shows how, by assuming Copernican motions, he can explain the tides, thereby justifying the endorsement of Copernicus. The crux of the argument rests on Galileo's account of explanation, which is novel in its reliance on the use of geometry. Final…
Rational Changes in Science
Change and Progress in Modern Science
The Philosophy of Wilfrid Sellars
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Philosophy of Wilfrid Sellars: Queries and Extensions. Edited by Joseph C. Pitt. (Dordrecht: Reidel. 1978. Pp. 304. Price 16.25.) Laurence Goldstein Laurence Goldstein Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 30, Issue 119, April 1980, Pages 153–155, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219282 Published: 01 April 1980
Motivating an engineer to be a leader
The myth of science education
Style” and technology
Galileo, Rationality and Explanation
It is argued that Galileo's theory of justification was a version of explanationism. Galileo's Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems is to be read as primarily a defense of his theory of the tides. He shows how, by assuming Copernican motions, he can explain the tides, thereby justifying the endorsement of Copernicus. The crux of the argument rests on Galileo's account of explanation, which is novel in its reliance on the use of geometry. Final…
The Philosophy of Wilfrid Sellars
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Philosophy of Wilfrid Sellars: Queries and Extensions. Edited by Joseph C. Pitt. (Dordrecht: Reidel. 1978. Pp. 304. Price 16.25.) Laurence Goldstein Laurence Goldstein Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 30, Issue 119, April 1980, Pages 153–155, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219282 Published: 01 April 1980
Change and Progress in Modern Science
Rational Changes in Science
Style” and technology
Galileo, Rationality and Explanation
It is argued that Galileo's theory of justification was a version of explanationism. Galileo's Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems is to be read as primarily a defense of his theory of the tides. He shows how, by assuming Copernican motions, he can explain the tides, thereby justifying the endorsement of Copernicus. The crux of the argument rests on Galileo's account of explanation, which is novel in its reliance on the use of geometry. Final…
The myth of science education
Empirical Knowledge . Alan H. Goldman
Problematics in the history of philosophy
The Discovery of Kepler's Laws
Speak to Me
Doing Philosophy of Technology
Change and Progress in Modern Science
Rational Changes in Science
Doing Philosophy of Technology
Human Beings as Technological Artifacts
Rational Changes in Science
Change and Progress in Modern Science
Motivating an engineer to be a leader
Understanding case studies
Course recommendation as a construct in student evaluations
Recommendation is a highly credible and powerful construct in marketing. This article investigates the construct intention to recommend in the context of student evaluations of teaching. Motivated by changes in the sector, the study explores what factors drive course recommendation and their relationship with each other. A structural model is tested, using partial least squares on a sample of 113 students. The results show that both emotional (i.…
Heraclitus Redux
Section 2. Boundary Disagreements
Influencing technological change
The philosophy of technology is not influencing technological change because there isn’t a single philosophy of technology. Philosophers of technology should be involved in technological change because we have something valuable to offer. But before we can get involved, we have to be accepted by those effecting the changes. That means we have to acquire the credentials necessary to establish our credibility. We have to get our hands dirty
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