The use of numerical indexes and mathematical models is not automatically synonymous for objectivity, nor does it remove responsibility for the choices made. The paper points at some of the hazards of the confusion between using mathematics and objectivity and discusses the role of models in making rational choices.
Evaluating and choosing: the role of mathematics / Rogora, Enrico. - In: LETTERA MATEMATICA. - ISSN 2281-5937. - STAMPA. - 1:4(2014), pp. 161-164. [10.1007/s40329-014-0026-4]
Evaluating and choosing: the role of mathematics
ROGORA, Enrico
2014
Abstract
The use of numerical indexes and mathematical models is not automatically synonymous for objectivity, nor does it remove responsibility for the choices made. The paper points at some of the hazards of the confusion between using mathematics and objectivity and discusses the role of models in making rational choices.File allegati a questo prodotto
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