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Does belief have an aim? [PDF]

, 2003
The hypothesis that belief aims at the truth has been used to explain three features of belief: (1) the fact that correct beliefs are true beliefs, (2) the fact that rational beliefs are supported by the evidence and (3) the fact that we cannot form ...
Owens, D.
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of Brazilian obstetricians in relation to childbirth care

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To analyze the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of obstetricians regarding childbirth care. Methods This was a nationwide cross‐sectional study involving 1267 physicians working in 393 public and private hospitals in Brazil.
Rosa Maria Soares Madeira Domingues, Marcos Augusto Bastos Dias, Romina Margarita Hamui, Maria Esther de Albuquerque Vilela, Rodolfo Pacagnela, Ana Paula Esteves‐Pereira, Maria do Carmo Leal   +6 more
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The Role of Irrational Beliefs on Predicting Teacher’s Organizational Commitment

International Journal of Occupational Hygiene, 2018
A person’s beliefs may affect their job performance conceptions, work place and conditions. The present paper was aimed to appraise irrational beliefs and its impact on elementary school teacher’s organizational commitment. The current research was based
Mostafa Azizi Shamami, Ali Asghar Hayat
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The Nature and Rationality of Faith [PDF]

, 2020
A popular objection to theistic commitment involves the idea that faith is irrational.  Specifically, some seem to put forth something like the following argument: (P1) Everyone (or almost everyone) who has faith is epistemically irrational, (P2) All ...
Jackson, Elizabeth
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The “Zhang Xuefeng Effect”: Information Intervention and the College Admission Problem in China

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Information regarding the quality of colleges and labor‐market prospects of majors plays an important role in parents' and students' school‐choice decisions, particularly when these decisions are crucially relevant to the students' long‐run career choices and life earnings.
Yutong Huo, Yun Wang
wiley   +1 more source

The disposition effect among mutual fund participants : a re- examination [PDF]

, 2020
Using information on mutual fund trades executed from 1998 to 2017 by 31,513 individual investor clients of a major Portuguese financial institution, we study the relationship between the disposition effect, financial literacy and trading experience.
Abreu, Margarida, Mendes, Victor, Pereira, Paulo   +2 more
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Constructive Memory in Truth‐Telling for Reconciliation

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Truth‐telling has, in diverse contexts, been conceptualised as a vehicle for achieving reconciliation following injustice. As a social and political phenomenon, it involves the communication of narratives grounded in episodic memory. Such narratives may fail to reproduce the details of past events and may even include details that were not ...
Alberto Guerrero‐Velázquez, Stephen W. Enciso   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The importance of thinking styles in predicting binge eating [PDF]

, 2017
Impulsivity, Body Mass Index, negative emotions and irrational food beliefs are often reported as predictors of binge eating. In the current study we explored the role played by two thinking styles, namely food thought suppression and desire thinking, in
Caselli, G, Caselli, G, Marino, C, Marino, C, Nikčević, AV, Nikčević, AV, Spada, MM, Spada, MM   +7 more
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Turning Down Mum's Cooking: The Ethics of Dietary Difference within Families

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although food ethicists have called for greater attention to the relational context of eating for over a decade, the context of ‘eating with family’ remains largely ignored. But the family is both a morally specific relational context and one within which many people do most of their eating.
Megan A. Dean
wiley   +1 more source

A systematic review of the nature and efficacy of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy interventions.

PLoS ONE
In the absence of a single comprehensive systematic review of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy interventions across all settings, we reviewed the methodological quality, effectiveness and efficacy of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy interventions on ...
Ailish M King, Carolyn R Plateau, Martin J Turner, Paul Young, Jamie B Barker   +4 more
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