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 | #3370904 in Books |  Belknap Press |  2003-11-26 |  2003-12-26 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  1.17 x6.18 x8.44l, | File type: PDF | 384 pages

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||3 of 28 people found the following review helpful.| In Defense of Generalities, Light|By Dr. Steve|In parables and aphorisms the author likes to speak. Its title notwithstanding, this book is not an empirical study of statistical probabilities, profiling, or stereotyping. It is a philosophical defense of the use of generalities, painting with broad strokes so to speak, in daily intercourse and social constructs. The defense is| |In an era in which profiling, stereotyping, and generalizing are suspect Frederick Schauer's Profiles, Probabilities, and Stereotypes is a frank, in-depth look at the justifications for such practices. Schauer takes an unpopular stance in supporting the

This book employs a careful, rigorous, yet lively approach to the timely question of whether we can justly generalize about members of a group on the basis of statistical tendencies of that group. For instance, should a military academy exclude women because, on average, women are more sensitive to hazing than men? Should airlines force all pilots to retire at age sixty, even though most pilots at that age have excellent vision? Can all pit bulls be banned because of...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Profiles, Probabilities, and Stereotypes   |  Frederick Schauer. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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