Ordinary Morality Implies Atheism [PDF]
, 2009 I present a "moral argument" for the nonexistence of God. Theism, I argue, can’t accommodate an ordinary and fundamental moral obligation acknowledged by many people, including many theists.
Maitzen, Stephen
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The use of multilegged arguments to increase confidence in safety claims for software-based systems: A study based on a BBN analysis of an idealized example [PDF]
, 2007 The work described here concerns the use of so-called multi-legged arguments to support dependability claims about software-based systems. The informal justification for the use of multi-legged arguments is similar to that used to support the use of ...
Littlewood, B., Wright, D.
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On the beliefs off the path: equilibrium refinement due to quantal response and level-k [PDF]
, 2010 This paper studies the relevance of equilibrium and nonequilibrium explanations of behavior, with respects to equilibrium refinement, as players gain experience. We investigate this experimentally using an incomplete information sequential move game with
Breitmoser, Yves +2 more
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Composite norms and perfect conditioning [PDF]
Linear and Multilinear Algebra, 2008 We study condition numbers for composite norms and analyze the situations where perfect conditioning occurs.
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From if to iff: Conditional perfection as pragmatic strengthening
, 2000 Geis and Zwicky's squib on “conditional perfection” (1971) released a hornet's nest of rebuttal and counter-rebuttal into the pragmatic atmosphere, with many scholars in the area playing alternately the roles of stinger and stingee.
Laurence R. Horn
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From Perfection to performance: A Moderated Mediation process
Annals of Contemporary Developments in Management & HR, 2019 The Present study empirically examines the impact of perfectionist striving on active behavior and task performance. Work motivation used as a mediating mechanism and basic psychological needs employed as a moderator between perfectionist striving and ...
H. Shaikh +3 more
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IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2018 Formation of aviation which was laid down by the fundamental works of N.E. Zhkovsky and its further development at the forefront of scientific and technological progress occurs in the constant overcoming of the information deficit.
M. Kiselev
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The Secured Transactions Article of the Commercial Code and Section 60 of the Bankruptcy Act [PDF]
, 1951 The secured creditor enjoys several advantages over his unsecured brethren. If the debtor defaults on his obligation, the secured creditor is sometimes empowered to take matters in his own hands, sell the property covered by his security, and reimburse ...
Countryman, Vern
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Towards a domain-specific approach to the study of parental psychological control: distinguishing between dependency-oriented and achievement-oriented psychological control [PDF]
, 2010 Theory and research suggest that psychologically controlling parenting can be driven by parental concerns in two different domains, that is, interpersonal closeness and achievement. Three studies addressing this hypothesis are presented. Study 1 provides
Luyten, Patrick +2 more
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Reputation and perfection in repeated common interest games [PDF]
, 1997 We consider a wide class of repeated common interest games perturbed with one-sided incomplete information: one player (the informed player) might be a commitment type playing the Pareto dominant action.
Cripps, M.W., Thomas, J.
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