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Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Philosophical accounts of long‐term goals focus predominantly on the rationality of perseverance, examining when agents should persist despite evidence of failure. Arguably, these accounts consider that giving up is devoid of value. Conversely, this article argues that giving up has a different epistemic function: generating information about ...
Mario I. Juarez‐Garcia
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Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objectives Group Radical Openness (GRO) is a group therapy for the treatment of costly and harmful overcontrol. The COVID‐19 pandemic necessitated the remote delivery of GRO, notwithstanding its highly interpersonal therapeutic focus. Based on positive service user feedback, the option to attend remotely was maintained after the pandemic. This
Conal Twomey, Siobhan Duffy, Rachel Egan
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The Curious Silence of the Dog and Paul of Tarsus; Revisiting The Argument from Silence
Informal Logic, 2012 In this essay I propose an interpretative and explanatory structure for the so-called argumentum ex silento, or argument from silence (henceforth referred to as the AFS). To this end, I explore two examples, namely, Sherlock Holmes’s oft-quoted notice of
Michael Gary Duncan
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Pragmatic Considerations in the Interpretation of Denying the Antecedent
Informal Logic, 2009 In this paper I am concerned with the analysis of fragments of a discourse or text that express arguments suspected of being denials of the antecedent. I first argue that one needs to distinguish between two senses of ‘the argument expressed’.
Andrei Moldovan
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The Flatland Fallacy: Moving Beyond Low–Dimensional Thinking
Topics in Cognitive Science, 2018 Psychology is a complicated science. It has no general axioms or mathematical proofs, is rarely directly observable, and is the only discipline in which the subject matter (i.e., human psychological phenomena) is also the tool of investigation.
E. Jolly, Luke J. Chang
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JCPP Advances, EarlyView.Abstract Background Sex differences in the frequency and timing of attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis exist. While there are multiple known individual and wider consequences for young females with delayed or undiagnosed ADHD, little is known about mental health service utilisation (HSU) impacts.
Estelle Alderson +4 more
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Psychological Research and the Epistemological Approach to Argumentation
Informal Logic, 2008 Much psychological research on argumentation focuses on persuasion and pragmatics. However, one strand investigates how average people understand the nature of knowledge and knowing, and how these epistemological orientations underlie skilled ...
Michael P. Weinstock
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Journal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Work engagement has garnered significant attention from researchers and practitioners in recent decades, and several meta‐analyses have examined its stable, between‐person correlates. However, work engagement also has a dynamic component, meaning that it varies daily, across situations, and within individuals.
Jan Luca Pletzer +4 more
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Denying Antecedents and Affirming Consequents: The State of the Art
Informal Logic, 2015 Recent work on conditional reasoning argues that denying the antecedent [DA] and affirming the consequent [AC] are defeasible but cogent patterns of argument, either because they are effective, rational, albeit heuristic applications of Bayesian ...
David Godden, Frank Zenker
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