Standardized Error and Japanese Character
A Note on Political Interpretation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8042820 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John F Embree (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1950 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 439-443 |
| Publication date | 1950-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8871 • E-ISSN: 1086-3338 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2008914 |
| OpenAlex | W2320725724 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
Back in 1927 Vilhjalmur Stefansson wrote a little book entitled The Standardization of Error . In this essay he shows first of all that errors which fill social needs become standardized and, he suggests, it might be construed as antisocial to try to destroy them by raising points of fact. To this end, there is an advantage to knowledge by definition in contrast to knowledge by observation. This, as the writer points out, gives to arithmetic its finality. Two and two is by definition four. In the social sciences also, we have many ‘facts’ that are so by definition and so become immutable
Character (mathematics · Contrast (vision · Economics · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Raising (metalworking · Standardization · Computer Science · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1951 - 1960 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |