quantofrênico

English translation: quantophrenic

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Portuguese term or phrase:	quantofrênico
English translation:	quantophrenic
Entered by:	Ana Vozone

16:31 Aug 20, 2015

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Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Comportamento quantofrênico

Portuguese term or phrase: quantofrênico

Olá,

estou traduzindo um abstract e me deparei com este termo: "quantofrênico". O que pude apurar é que trata-se de algo relacionado à uma teoria, ou algo assim. Existe o termo 'quantofrenia". Vide abaixo;

http://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/quanto...

Aguardo resposta.

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quantophrenic

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Can one find a quantophrenic formula for this elusive notion?
quantophrenic: relating to undue reliance on or use of facts that can be quantified or analysed using mathematical or statistical methods

https://books.google.pt/books?id=3WGBAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=quantophrenic&source=bl&ots=-A83Gs4gU6&sig=uukt6DtXS3HRk_tFGCWLpMVY7Qc&hl=
https://books.google.pt/books?id=v5NzEsTh6k4C&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=quantophrenic&source=bl&ots=6m22-IgnCE&sig=d0sg4wpqbn2O3X4n8XMKXRMhQFE&h

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Reference: Quantophrenia

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The term ‘quantophrenia’ was coined by Pitrim Sorokin in his critique of Fads and Foibles in Sociology. It is not an attack on measurement per se. It refers to the cult founded on the belief that quantification is the most, or indeed the only, valid form of knowledge. This usually results from an uncritical extension of methods developed in the natural sciences to the study of social life. As with other cults, sociology’s achievement lies in its exposure of the perverse and irrational consequences that follow from this belief system – and in the investigation of how it is created, maintained and accepted as credible.
http://www.socialsciencespace.com/2014/05/quantophrenia-is-b...

http://gouvernance.ca/publications/09-01.pdf

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