A bird's-eye view of scientific trading: Dependency relations among fields of science

The Importance of Trading in the Establishment and Development of the International Relations

Many researchers and authorities in the field of international relations agree on the issue that one of the factors to make relations between and among governments in through traders and exchanging goods among people of different lands, and as human societies develop in different fields, the economic affair and trades of these countries expand and develop, as well.  Thus, they, in turn, have ha...

The epistemology of science - a bird's-eye view

In this paper I outline my conception of the epistemology of science, by reference to my published papers, showing how the ideas presented there fit together. In particular I discuss the aim of science, scientific progress, the nature of scientific evidence, the failings of empiricism, inference to the best (or only) explanation, and Kuhnian psychology of discovery. Throughout, I emphasize the ...

What is Theoretical Computer Science? (Preliminary Version)

This article presents a bird’s eye view of Theoretical Computer Science aimed at a general scientific audience. It then focuses on a selected area within this general field, and discusses some of the applications of results from that area and of the fundamental theoretical questions that drive its development.

A Bird's Eye View of Some Common Elements of Science of Design Applicable to the Design of Software Systems

Identifying Contradictory and Contrastive Relations between Statements to Outline Web Information on a Given Topic

We present a method for producing a bird’s-eye view of statements that are expressed on Web pages on a given topic. This method aggregates statements that are relevant to the topic, and shows contradictory and contrastive relations among them. This view of contradictions and contrasts helps users acquire a top-down understanding of the topic. To realize this, we extract such statements and rela...