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An investigation of critical thinking and individual voice in male and female EFL undergraduate university students' writings [PDF]

Teaching English Language, 2013
The present study aimed to investigate Critical Thinking and Individual Voice in male and female Iranian undergraduate university students' writings. To this end, a set of literary works studied and discussed during the Introduction to English Literature
Habibollah Mashhady
doaj   +1 more source

A Secondary Tool for Demarcation Problem: Logical Fallacies [PDF]

, 2017
According to Thagard, the behavior of practitioners of a field may also be used for demarcation between science and pseudoscience due to its social dimension in addition to the epistemic one.
Uyar, Tevfik
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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 interplay between progressivism and logical fallacy: implications for climate change communications

Environmental Research Communications
The spread of fake news and the influence of moral reasoning on public opinion present significant challenges in climate change communication. This study examines how the ideological underpinnings of conservatism and liberalism, combined with logical ...
Mehmet Özer Demir, Zuhal Gök Demir, Fulya Erendağ Sümer, Çiğdem Karakaya, Hediye Aydoğan, Burak Arslan   +5 more
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‘Should’ and ‘can’ active restoration be used in biodiversity offsets? Stakeholder perspectives from New South Wales, Australia

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite their controversial nature, biodiversity offsets are often used as a regulatory tool to counterbalance the impacts of land clearing on biodiversity. Offsets usually aim to achieve no net loss (NNL) of biodiversity through protection and/or restoration of habitat.
Laure‐Elise Ruoso, Roel Plant, Stephanie Hernandez, Josh Dorrough   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

“There is a Place for Us Here”: Exploring Sex, Gender, Reproduction, Sexual Behavior, and Orientation Narratives Supporting Students With Queer Genders in Biology Courses

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Queer undergraduates describe a climate in STEM fields and classrooms that is both hostile to and silent on queer identities, leading to experiences of social exclusion, devaluation as a scientist, and discrimination. In the few studies that have specifically focused on trans and non‐binary undergraduates (i.e., students with queer genders ...
Sarah L. Eddy, Sam Ahler, Juno Baer, E. March, A. Gutierrez, O. Turner, Beth Wittmann, A. Kelly Lane, A. M. Aramati Casper   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bo Bennett, Author of The Ultimate Collection of Over 300 Logical Fallacies!

A Priori, 2021
Interview with Bo Bennett.
Bo Bennett, Ana Galić
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Intellectual humility and argumentation [PDF]

, 2020
In this chapter I argue that intellectual humility is related to argumentation in several distinct but mutually supporting ways. I begin by drawing connections between humility and two topics of long-standing importance to the evaluation of informal ...
Aberdein, Andrew
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Homology and logical fallacy [PDF]

Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 1992
AbstractThe meaning of homology, is analyzed in a phylogenetic context. The notion of homology is unequivocal only if tied to recency of common ancestry, i.e. to the concept of monophyly. Processual analysis of the biological causes of similarity cannot provide guidance in the search for relations of homology.
openaire   +1 more source

Analogies and differences between the logic behind statistical hypothesis testing and proofs by contradiction: What can we learn from them?

Teaching Statistics, EarlyView.
Abstract Statistical hypothesis testing (SHT) is widely employed across numerous scientific disciplines, and a clear understanding of its underlying logic is essential for the broader scientific community. Here, drawing upon both epistemological and statistical perspectives, we aim to clarify—primarily for educational purposes—the logical relationship ...
Maria Cristina Amoretti, Daniele De Martini   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source