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Calling Out Displays and Disclaimers of Aggression

open access: yesInformal Logic
How can arguers address aggression to “allow rationality to play its intended role” (Hundleby 2013, p. 259)? I argue that a normative pragmatic approach to the question avoids the pitfalls of idealization and fallacy approaches and provides answers.
Beth Innocenti
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Empirical evidence for the role of information structure (and connectives) on the acceptability of straw man fallacies

open access: yes, 2019
This paper investigates the role of French causal connectives that convey an attributive meaning for the acceptability of straw man fallacies. In three experiments, we assess the roles of: (1) linking the arguments with a connective vs.
Oswald, Steve   +2 more
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Bureaucrat assignments as instruments of political control: Theory and evidence from land administration officials in India

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper investigates how politicians use the assignment of officials to geographical posts—a personnel system found in many countries—as a system of incentives to control, and possibly corrupt, bureaucratic behavior. The argument is developed with a matching model and tested with a nationwide survey of Indian officials who administer land ...
Anustubh Agnihotri   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘We need solidarity’: Reflections on Building and Troubling Solidarity in Research Ethics in Myanmar

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Calls for solidarity by civil society are taking place alongside changes in how researchers navigate shifting research landscapes. Yet what solidarity‐based research entails in practice and how this might guide, critique, or challenge institutionalised ethics can be elusive.
Vanessa Lamb   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Water Fallacies Debunked

open access: yes, 2006
News article: "Water Fallacies Debunked", Cervi's Rocky Mtn.

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A Proposal to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals in the Luxury Fashion Industry

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The luxury industry stands at a crossroads between tradition and sustainability. The objective of this paper is to analyse the relationship and effects of the luxury fashion industry on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and identify opportunities to improve its management.
Alicia Parro‐Ruiz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

LOGICAL FALLACIES AND THEIR REASONS IN IBN SINA

open access: yes, 2010
The human being can fall into fallacy in reasoning. If the man knows how he makes mistake, he can obviate this fallacy. Therefore, in the classical logic, logical fallacies and their reasons are investigated. Ebu Ali Ibn Sina also scrutinized the logical
Komurcu, Kamil
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At the pillar of the proverbial Golden Calf: Sacrificing the Need for ‘Responsible Knowing’ on the Altar of a Compliance-Based Ethic

open access: yesJournal of Human Services: Training, Research, and Practice, 2017
Evidence-based practice (EBP) has been promoted and adopted broadly and has led to advances in health and human services. Notwithstanding the underlying rationale of EBP philosophy to diversify the current body of information concerning evidence-based ...
Izaak L. Williams CSAC
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‘We're not going to start lifting stones now…’: Stakeholder perspectives on the role of psychometric methods in outcome measurement

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives Psychological outcome measures guide research and clinical decision‐making, yet many widely used tools were developed with limited psychometric rigour. Although advanced methods (e.g., item response theory, structural equation modelling) are now widely available, their added value in applied research remains uncertain and applied ...
David Byrne   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Welcome to the jangle (fallacy): The case of statistics and mathematics anxieties

open access: yesBritish Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Statistics‐related anxiety is a common barrier to learning in higher education, particularly for psychology and other non‐specialist students. High prevalence rates are concerning because statistical literacy is integral to academic success, employability and informed citizenship.
Jenny Terry, Charlie Lea, Andy P. Field
wiley   +1 more source

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