Belief Expansion, Contextual Fit and the Reliability of Information Sources [PDF]
, 2005 We develop a probabilistic criterion for belief expansion that is sensitive to the degree of contextual fit of the new information to our belief set as well as to the reliability of our information source.
Bovens, Luc, Hartmann, Stephan
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Preferential Belief Change Using Generalized Epistemic Entrenchment [PDF]
, 1992 A sentence A is epistemically less entrenched in a belief state K than a sentence B if and only if a person in belief state K who is forced to give up either A or B will give up A and hold on to B.
Rott, Hans
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Preventive Behaviors of COVID-19 in the Iranian Adult Population during the Pandemic: The Integrated Effect of the Health Belief Model and the Planned Behavior Intention Using Causal Path Analysis [PDF]
Caspian Journal of Internal MedicineBackground: This study aimed to investigate the integration of the health belief model (HBM) and the theory of intention to plan preventive behavior for COVID-19 during the pandemic. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, a sample of 480 adult participants
Erfaneh Hajian-Tilaki +2 more
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Epistemological beliefs and classroom practices of experienced physics teachers: are they related?
Frontiers in EducationThere is a need in teacher education to explore experienced physics teachers' domain-general epistemological beliefs and classroom practices. The study reports 30 experienced physics teachers' epistemological beliefs and classroom practices in Turkish ...
Ozden Sengul
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Belief change in branching time: AGM-consistency and iterated revision [PDF]
We study belief change branching-time structures. First, we identify a property of branching-time frames that is equivalent to AGM-consistency, which is defined as follows. A frame is AGM-consistent if the partial belief revision function associated with
Giacomo Bonanno
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Measuring belief in conspiracy theories: Validation of a French and English single-item scale [PDF]
, 2015 We designed, in French and in English, a single-item scale to measure people’s general tendency to believe in conspiracy theories. The validity and reliability of this scale was assessed in 3 studies (total N = 555).
Douglas, Karen M. +9 more
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Bill Morrison, l’invité des morts
Mise au Point, 2018 We are attempting here, by examining Bill Morrison’s 2007 short film Who by water, to identify and to determine the nature of the viewer’s experience and, on that basis, to propose a definition of cinema as a phenomenon rather than a language.
Gilles Berger +2 more
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Kur’an’ın Işığında Kader Konusuna Bakış
Umde Dini Tetkikler Dergisi, 2018 Kader konusu çok eski zamanlardan beri üzerinde tartışılan konulardan biridir. İlâhî dinler ve düşünce âlemi de dâhil olmak üzere, insanlık âlemi kader konusunda ikiye bölünmüştür; kaderi kabul edenler ve inkâr edenler. Bu araştırmada kader inancının Kur’
Abdullah Namlı
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Introducing the modified paranormal belief scale: distinguishing between classic paranormal beliefs, religious paranormal beliefs and conventional religiosity among undergraduates in Northern Ireland and Wales [PDF]
, 2009 Previous empirical studies concerned with the association between paranormal beliefs and conventional religiosity have produced conflicting evidence. Drawing on Rice's (2003) distinction between classic paranormal beliefs and religious paranormal beliefs,
Williams, Emyr +5 more
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eLifeObserving others’ choices influences individuals’ decisions, often leading them to follow others. However, it is repeatedly reported that being observed by others tends to make people act more riskily.
HeeYoung Seon, Dongil Chung
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