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The Epistemological Significance and Implications of Belief Polarization [PDF]

, 2015
A principal assumption in the epistemology of disagreement is that we, as rational subjects, assess evidence neutrally in order to justify our beliefs. However, the existence of the phenomenon of Belief Polarization threatens the validity of this basis ...
Pennebaker, Lee
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Acceptance of evolution theory and understanding of human evolution among health sciences students in France: A national cross‐sectional study

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Evolutionary theory provides a fundamental framework for understanding human anatomy and health. However, evolution acceptance and conceptual understanding are distinct constructs that may not co‐vary. This study aimed to assess (1) evolution acceptance and (2) knowledge of human evolution in health sciences students.
Thomas Colard, Damien Charabidzé, Margaux Matha, Salomé Zublena, Mathilde Savignat   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Explanation of students’ critical thinking disposition according to their epistemological beliefs [PDF]

روان‌شناسی تربیتی, 2014
Considering the importance of critical thinking disposition and its’ the factors affecting, the present study was aimed to assess and explain the impact of students’ epistemological perspectives critical thinking disposition.
hamideh pakmehr, hossein karshki
doaj  

The role of emotional interpretants in Peirce’s theory of belief and doubt

Sign Systems Studies, 2015
The theory of emotional interpretant is mentioned only a few times in Peirce’s works. My hypothesis is that if Peirce did not develop this concept through and through, and reflected on it only very late in his writings, it is because it had been implicit
Jean-Marie Chevalier
doaj   +1 more source

Essential work, invisible workers: The role of digital curation in COVID‐19 Open Science

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 703-717, April 2025.
Abstract In this paper, we examine the role digital curation practices and practitioners played in facilitating open science (OS) initiatives amid the COVID‐19 pandemic. In Summer 2023, we conducted a content analysis of available information regarding 50 OS initiatives that emerged—or substantially shifted their focus—between 2020 and 2022 to address ...
Irene V. Pasquetto, Amina A. Abdu, Natascha Chtena   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

Truth: the aim and norm of belief [PDF]

, 2013
Invited contribution to The Aim of Belief, a special issue of Teorema, guest-edited by J ...
Whiting, Daniel
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Reconnoitring Epistemological Parameters: Bridging the Gap Between Knowledge and Belief in the Realm of Empirical Reality through Human Cognition

ILN Journal: Indian Literary Narratives
Epistemological studies employ various methods to integrate the imbalance between perceived reality and actual reality. This article is an in-depth study of the epistemological limits and complex issues of how epistemology is constrained by Empirical ...
N. Nithila Mary
doaj   +1 more source

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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Cross‐disciplinary integration: Information practices and a role for information scholars. An annual review of information science and technology paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Cross‐disciplinary research is a priority for many academic institutions, with a growing body of scholarship dedicated to studying the central practice of cross‐disciplinarity: integration, or the synthesis of knowledge, information, and data across disciplines and domains.
Ciara Zogheib
wiley   +1 more source