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Does belief aim (only) at the truth?

, 2012
It is common to hear talk of the aim of belief and to find philosophers appealing to that aim for numerous explanatory purposes. What belief’s aim explains depends, of course, on what that aim is.
Whiting, Daniel
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Contacting the spirits of the dead: paranormal belief and the teenage worldview [PDF]

, 2009
A number of previous studies have examined both the overall level of belief expressed by young people in the paranormal and the major demographic predictors of such belief.
Williams, Emyr, Francis, Leslie J.
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Someone is pulling the strings: Hypersensitive agency detection and belief in conspiracy theories [PDF]

, 2015
We hypothesized that belief in conspiracy theories would be predicted by the general tendency to attribute agency and intentionality where it is unlikely to exist.
Rael J. Dawtry (6254684), Callan, Mitch J., Annelie J. Harvey, Mitchell J. Callan (8279523), Harvey, Annelie J, Mitchell J. Callan, Karen M. Douglas, Karen M. Douglas (11345980), Douglas, Karen, Harvey, Annelie J., Dawtry, Rael J, Dawtry, Rael J., Robbie M. Sutton (10766814), Annelie J. Harvey (8761719), Douglas, Karen M., Robbie M. Sutton, Sutton, Robbie M, Douglas, Karen M, Rael J. Dawtry, Sutton, Robbie M., Callan, Mitchell J, Callan, Mitchell J.; id_orcid   +21 more
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INTRODUCTION TO THE SEMANTICS OF BELIEF AND COMMON BELIEF [PDF]

We provide an introduction to interactive belief systems from a qualitative and semantic point of view. Properties of belief hierarchies are formulated locally.
Klaus Nehring, Giacomo Bonanno
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Evolving belief and being human: The emergence of religion in science and theology

Verbum et Ecclesia
Every human society as well as almost all human life is infused with ethics. There is common acknowledgement that morality and ethics are indispensable in addressing the serious global challenges humanity is faced with today.
Bernice Serfontein
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INTERSUBJECTIVE CONSISTENCY OF KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF [PDF]

We consider interactive epistemic models where individuals are described by both their ""knowledge"" and their ""beliefs."" Three intersubjective consistency conditions are examined: Intersubjective Caution (if an individual believes something to be ...
Giacomo Bonanno
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Comprehensive genome editing and signaling pathway engineering evolve potent and safe adenoviral producer cell

Communications Biology
Dramatic attention has been drawn to adenovirus as a vehicle for vaccine and cancer therapy, due to the capabilities of annihilating tumor cells and stimulating host immune response.
Zhe Deng, Jia Zhao, Guang-Ze Han, Yu-Qiu Wang, Rui-Xia Wang, Chen Chen, Yan-Ling Lv, Sen Lin, Xiao Xiao, Kai Zhao   +9 more
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Displacement of Myths in The Da Vinci Code and The Krishna Key: A Comparative Study [PDF]

Annals of Philosophy, Social and Human Disciplines, 2016
This comparative analysis of The Da Vinci Code and The Krishna Key by Ashwin Sanghi attempts to scrutinize the portrayal of institutionalized religions in the novels. The paper endeavours to trace the process of demythologization in relation to organized
M. JAYABHARATHI
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Automatic thoughts, cognitive distortions, dysfunctional attitudes, core beliefs, and ruminative response styles in unipolar major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder: a comparative study

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2019
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to compare patients with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder, who were either in an acute depressive episode or in remission, and a healthy control group on their cognitions related to depression and mania/hypomania, and ...
Nurgul Yesilyaprak, Sedat Batmaz, Mesut Yildiz, Emrah Songur, Esma Akpinar Aslan   +4 more
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A Structuralist Theory of Belief Revision [PDF]

, 2010
The present paper aims at a synthesis of belief revision theory with the Sneed formalism known as the structuralist theory of science. This synthesis is brought about by a dynamisation of classical structuralism, with an abductive inference rule and base
Andreas, H., Holger Andreas
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