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Epistemic Future and epistemic modal verbs in Portuguese

open access: yesJournal of Portuguese Linguistics, 2020
This paper discusses the semantics of two epistemic operators in Portuguese: the epistemic Future and modal verbs. The idea sustained in the literature for other languages that the epistemic Future has the same semantics as the modal verb (equivalent to)
Rui Marques
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The importance of interdependence and responsible epistemic behavior in crises [PDF]

open access: yesFilozofija i Društvo, 2023
Recently, we found ourselves in an unexpected and specific situation facing the COVID-19 pandemic which we wanted to understand. It was a situation that no one predicted, and we all wanted to know more about it using various epistemic practices.
Smiljanić Nikolina
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Epistemic trust: a comprehensive review of empirical insights and implications for developmental psychopathology

open access: yesResearch in Psychotherapy, 2023
Originally rooted in philosophy and sociology, the concept of epistemic trust has recently transitioned to developmental psychopathology, illuminating social-cognitive processes in psychopathology. This narrative review synthesizes empirical evidence on
Elizabeth Li   +3 more
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Epistemic utility theory’s difficult future [PDF]

open access: yesSynthese, 2021
According to epistemic utility theory, epistemic rationality is teleological: epistemic norms are instrumental norms that have the aim of acquiring accuracy. What’s definitive of these norms is that they can be expected to lead to the acquisition of accuracy when followed.
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The paradox of knowing more and less: Audience metrics and the erosion of epistemic standards on the internet

open access: yesStudies in Communication, Media, 2023
Journalism is crucial to modern democracies in that it provides valid knowledge about current events in the form of news. Through shared epistemic standards and the professional norm of objectivity, journalism helps to generate societal knowledge and to ...
Mario Haim, Christoph Neuberger
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Epistemic Emotions and Epistemic Cognition Predict Critical Thinking About Socio-Scientific Issues

open access: yesFrontiers in Education, 2021
When thinking critically about socio-scientific issues, individuals’ expectations about the nature of knowledge and knowing, as well as their emotions when these expectations are met or not, may play an important role in critical thinking. In this study,
Krista R. Muis   +3 more
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Epistemic modality in translated and non-translated English court judgments of Hong Kong: A corpus-based study

open access: yesJoSTrans: The Journal of Specialised Translation, 2023
Court judgments serve as important precedents for future judicial decision-making in common law systems. The legal meanings of judgments are conveyed by specific linguistic devices, among which epistemic modality plays an important role in indicating the
Yanfang Su   +2 more
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Negative and positive ageism in an Italian sample: how ageist beliefs relate to epistemic trust, psychological distress, and well-being

open access: yesResearch in Psychotherapy, 2023
Ageism is a social issue of growing concern; ageist beliefs can shape the individual and collective experience of aging. The present study aimed to explore positive and negative ageism in young adults (YA) (18-30 years) and adults (AD) (31-60 years) and
Alice Fiorini Bincoletto   +3 more
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“Trust me, do not trust anyone”: how epistemic mistrust and credulity are associated with conspiracy mentality

open access: yesResearch in Psychotherapy, 2023
Previous research shows that the propensity to endorse conspiracy theories is associated with disrupted forms of epistemic trust, i.e., the appropriate openness towards interpersonally communicated information.
Felix Brauner   +5 more
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Active Inference and Epistemic Value in Graphical Models

open access: yesFrontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022
The Free Energy Principle (FEP) postulates that biological agents perceive and interact with their environment in order to minimize a Variational Free Energy (VFE) with respect to a generative model of their environment. The inference of a policy (future
Thijs van de Laar   +5 more
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