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Theodore M. Porter
Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles
Publications - 81
Citations - 6049
Theodore M. Porter is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Politics & Objectivity (science). The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 80 publications receiving 5785 citations. Previous affiliations of Theodore M. Porter include University of Virginia & University of California.
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Trust in Numbers: The Pursuit of Objectivity in Science and Public Life
TL;DR: Porter as mentioned in this paper argues that the drive for quantitative rigor is not inherent in the activity of science except where political and social pressures force compromise, and that quantification grows from attempts to develop a strategy of impersonality in response to pressures from outside.
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The rise of statistical thinking, 1820-1900
TL;DR: In this paper, Porter describes the background that produced the burst of modern statistical innovation of the early 1900s, emphasizing the debt of science to nonspecialist intellectuals, and the pioneering statistical physicists and biologists, Maxwell, Boltzmann, and Galton, each pointed to analogies between his discipline and social science.
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The Empire of Chance: How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life
Gerd Gigerenzer,Zeno G. Swijtink,Theodore M. Porter,Lorraine Daston,John Beatty,Lorenz Krüger +5 more
TL;DR: This paper presents a probabilistic revolution in physics through the lens of inference, arguing that numbers rule the world and Chance and life: controversies in modern biology is a major controversy.
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Five ways to ensure that models serve society: a manifesto.
Andrea Saltelli,Gabriele Bammer,Isabelle Bruno,Erica Charters,Monica Di Fiore,Emmanuel Didier,Wendy Nelson Espeland,John E. Kay,Samuele Lo Piano,Deborah G. Mayo,Roger A. Pielke,Tommaso Portaluri,Theodore M. Porter,Arnald Puy,Ismael Rafols,Jerome R. Ravetz,Erik S. Reinert,Daniel Sarewitz,Philip B. Stark,Andrew Stirling,Jeroen P. van der Sluijs,Paolo Vineis +21 more
TL;DR: Pandemic politics highlight how predictions need to be transparent and humble to invite insight, not blame.