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Diverse Beliefs [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2009
This paper presents a general framework for studying diverse beliefs in dynamic economies. Within this general framework, the characterization of a central-planner general equilbrium turns out to be very easy to derive, and leads to a range of interesting applications.
Angus A Brown, L C G Rogers
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A Qualitative Study of Digital Religious Influence: Perspectives from Christian, Hindu, and Muslim Gen Y and Gen Z in Mumbai, India

open access: yesReligions
This study addresses how religious affective content in digital media influences epistemic authority, social imaginaries, and religious beliefs. It draws on data from 64 in-depth interviews with Generation Y and Generation Z individuals with a higher ...
Clyde Anieldath Missier
doaj   +1 more source

Belief and religious ‘belief’

open access: yesReligious Studies, 2019
AbstractIs the analysis of religion best conducted in terms of the beliefs of its practitioners? I describe a Wittgenstein-inspired approach to belief on which it is dubious that religious practices satisfy the criteria for the attribution of belief. I defend this more moderate and plausible version of Needham's thesis against two natural reasons to ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Grievances and Polarization on Social Media: Perspectives from Religious Young Adults in Conflict-Ridden Amsterdam

open access: yesSocial Sciences
This study aims to understand how religious affective content in the digital realm influences epistemic authority, social imaginaries, and religious beliefs among young adults (individuals between 18 and 35) with a university education and who identify ...
Clyde Anieldath Missier
doaj   +1 more source

Chronicling the experiences and beliefs of mathematics student teachers and their educators on their practices

open access: yesJournal of Research and Advances in Mathematics Education, 2022
Understanding the experiences of those undergoing teacher education and their educators is central to pedagogical practices. While some studies have found that experiences and beliefs influence instructional decisions, others revealed that practice ...
Babawande Emmanuel Olawale   +1 more
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Fictional persuasion, transparency, and the aim of belief [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In this chapter we argue that some beliefs present a problem for the truth-aim teleological account of belief, according to which it is constitutive of belief that it is aimed at truth.
Bortolotti, Lisa, Sullivan-Bissett, Ema
core   +2 more sources

Pre-service primary school teachers’ metacognitive awareness and beliefs about mathematical problem solving

open access: yesJournal of Research and Advances in Mathematics Education, 2021
Metacognitive awareness is a variable that is thought to affect beliefs in problem solving. When the literature is examined, it is seen that the studies mostly focus on metacognitive awareness and problem solving skills.
Alper Yorulmaz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conspiracy Beliefs, Rejection of Vaccination, and Support for hydroxychloroquine: A Conceptual Replication-Extension in the COVID-19 Pandemic Context

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
Many conspiracy theories appeared along with the COVID-19 pandemic. Since it is documented that conspiracy theories negatively affect vaccination intentions, these beliefs might become a crucial matter in the near future. We conducted two cross-sectional
P. Bertin, Kenzo Nera, S. Delouvée
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Beliefs in Decision-Making Cascades [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This work explores a social learning problem with agents having nonidentical noise variances and mismatched beliefs. We consider an $N$-agent binary hypothesis test in which each agent sequentially makes a decision based not only on a private observation,
Goyal, Vivek K   +4 more
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Christian ethics and HIV stigma: Solidarity, social responsibility and the golden rule

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
This article examines human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) stigma within South African Christian faith communities, where misconceptions linking HIV to moral failing persist.
Germari Kruger   +2 more
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