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Philosophical Foundations of Quality of Life

The Selected Works of Alex C. Michalos

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  1. Alex C. Michalos

    1. University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada

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  • Includes historical and biographical chapters
  • Introduces the author and sketches personal features of his life and education
  • Shows how quality of life is grounded in philosophy, science and technology
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxii
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  2. Alex C. Michalos: Pioneer of Quality of Life and Social Indicators Research

    • Bruno D. Zumbo
    Pages 1-3

  3. Interview by Dan Weijers

    • Dan Weijers
    Pages 5-11

  4. The Best Teacher I Ever Had Was … J. Coert Rylaarsdam

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 13-15

  5. The Case for Atheism

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 17-24

  6. Logic, Philosophy of Science and the Quality of Life

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 25-65

  7. Philosophy of Social Science

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 67-95

  8. Postulates of Rational Preference

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 97-101

  9. Decision-Making in Committees

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 103-130

  10. Analytic and Other “DUMB” Guides of Life

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 131-133

  11. The Morality of Cognitive Decision-Making [Ethics of Belief]

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 135-149

  12. Meeting Current Needs

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 151-158

  13. A Reconsideration of the Idea of a Science Court

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 159-176

  14. Technology Assessment, Facts and Values

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 177-196

  15. A Pragmatic Theory of Value

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 197-227

  16. Creating a Culture of Support for the Social Sciences: Lessons from the First Forty Years of the Social Science Federation of Canada

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 229-289

  17. Notes for a System of Scientific Research Reports Accounts

    • Alex C. Michalos
    Pages 291-297

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 299-305
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About this book

This first volume has as its main focus the philosophical foundations of Michalos’ work and describes it in the broad context of the study of logic, the philosophy of social sciences, and a general theory of value. After distinguishing things that have value from the value that things might have, it describes the foundations of a pragmatic theory of value. This theory plays a key role in the author’s research on the quality of life and connects his empirical research to the philosophical tradition of the American pragmatists William James, Ralph Barton Perry, John Dewey and Clarence Irving Lewis. The volume addresses various aspects and issues concerning decision making, including decision procedures used in committees, used for assessing the acceptability of scientific theories and new technologies, procedures for a science court, ethical issues involved in the formation of beliefs, some limitations of classical economists’ alleged postulates of rational preference, and the importanceof analytic guides to decision making. Finally, it describes the organization of the Social Sciences Federation of Canada and a formal accounting system for scientific research.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, Canada

    Alex C. Michalos

About the author

Prof. Alex Michalos currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at Brandon University. He is also the Director of Research for the Canadian Index of Wellbeing and Emeritus Professor in Political Science at his former institution, the University of Northern British Columbia. Michalos has published 24 books, over 100 refereed articles, and founded or co-founded seven scholarly journals. Among the seven, he is Editor in Chief for the Journal of Business Ethics, the most frequently cited journal in the world devoted to business ethics, and Social Indicators Research, the first scholarly journal devoted to quality of life research. He is married to Dr. Deborah Poff, President and Vice-Chancellor of Brandon University.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Philosophical Foundations of Quality of Life

  • Book Subtitle: The Selected Works of Alex C. Michalos

  • Authors: Alex C. Michalos

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50727-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50726-2Published: 26 June 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84475-6Published: 01 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50727-9Published: 14 June 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXII, 305

  • Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Quality of Life Research, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Logic

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