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The epistemology of memory beliefs

2018
Most of our beliefs are memory beliefs. It is rather surprising, then, that the epistemology of memory has been relatively neglected until recently. This is because memory beliefs have been traditionally understood as stored information. According to the traditional view, beliefs are stored in our memory similar to the way books are stored in a library,
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Teacher's Ontological and Epistemological Beliefs

2020
This chapter involves a discussion of a case study to explore teachers' beliefs on the nature of reality (ontology) and knowledge (epistemology) within an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program at the International School of Amsterdam. The study is positioned within the constructivist-interpretive paradigm and allows for the emergence of a ...
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Epistemology and the Ethics of Belief

1996
Abstract The last three chapters have argued that there is no good reasons to doubt the possible historical truth and knowability of the incarnational narrative, but these arguments have been negative in character, with the aim of showing only that it is possible to have knowledge of such a narrative.
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Suspension of Belief and Epistemologies of Science

International Journal for the Study of Skepticism, 2015
Epistemological disputes in the philosophy of science often focus on the question of how restrained or expansive one should be in interpreting our best scientific theories and models. For example, some empiricist philosophers countenance only belief in their observable content, while realists of different sorts extend belief (in incompatible ways ...
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Teachers' Ontological and Epistemological Beliefs

London International Conference on Education (LICE-2022) and World Congress on Special Needs Education (WCE-2022), 2016
This chapter documents a case study of the exploration of teachers' beliefs on the nature of reality (ontology) and knowledge (epistemology) within an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program at the International School of Amsterdam. The study is positioned within the constructivist-interpretive paradigm and, therefore, allows for the emergence
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Epistemology and the Rationality of Beliefs and Valuations

1985
In Section V1 of his paper Robert Audi offers the outline of a unified theory of rational action, rational motivation, and rational belief. Its spirit is modest foundationalism along the following lines: there are beliefs which are based on reliable epistemic processes; they are foundational which means that they are not in need of justification, but ...
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The Epistemology of Belief

Choice Reviews Online, 2009
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Belief and Ameliorative Epistemology

2017
Philosophy
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The Distinctiveness of the Epistemology of Religious Belief

1999
To what extent is the epistemology of religious belief different from the epistemology of other areas of our belief and to what extent is it similar? The use of “to what extent?” is calculated. We cannot expect either exact sameness or complete difference. There will be at least some points of identity, for example terms of epistemic assessment such as
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The epistemological beliefs of distance education students

2015
The researchers have mostly emphasized the epistemological beliefs which were considered as significant in learning process along with the desire to reveal the nature of learning. Epistemological belief is defined as the "individuals' subjective beliefs about what information means and how knowing and learning occur".
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