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From Potential to Actual Knowledge: A New Framework in Probabilistic Epistemic Logic

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
In this paper we address the issue of improbable knowledge within probabilistic epistemic logic. This problem occurs when an agent possesses knowledge of a certain proposition despite the evidential probability of that knowledge being exceedingly low ...
Wójcik Arkadiusz
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Kant and the Ontological Argument [PDF]

, 1965
An essay reaffirming Kant's criticism of the ontological argument for the existence of God – a conjecture conceived in the 11th century by Anselm of Canterbury and defended in the mid-20th century by Charles Hartshorne and Norman ...
Cameron, Evan Wm.
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Chance, Credence and Circles [PDF]

, 2017
This is a discussion of Richard Pettigrew's book "Accuracy and the Laws of Credence". I target Pettigrew's application of the accuracy framework to derive chance-credence principles.
Cariani, Fabrizio
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Artificial Intelligence Chatbots as Virtual Patients in Dental Education: A Constructivist Approach to Classroom Implementation

European Journal of Dental Education, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 447-456, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have led to new possibilities for AI role‐play in classroom settings, where generative pre‐trained transformers (GPTs) and chatbots can potentially simulate interactions with patients.
Bree Jones, Aditya Desu, Christopher D. F. Honig   +2 more
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“Internal” Problems of Normative Theories of Thinking and Reasoning

Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce, 2016
This paper provides moderate criticism of so-called normative theories of thinking and reasoning. The discussion focuses on the problems of idealization, adequacy, inconsistent yet non-trivial logics, logical omniscience etc.
Piotr Urbańczyk
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Why Philosophers Should Care About Computational Complexity [PDF]

, 2011
One might think that, once we know something is computable, how efficiently it can be computed is a practical question with little further philosophical importance. In this essay, I offer a detailed case that one would be wrong.
Aaronson, Scott
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A Contextual Accuracy Dominance Argument for Probabilism

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 112, Issue 3, Page 594-607, May 2026.
ABSTRACT A central motivation for Probabilism—the principle of rationality that requires one to have credences that satisfy the axioms of probability—is the accuracy dominance argument: one should not have accuracy dominated credences, and one avoids accuracy dominance just in case one satisfies Probabilism.
Mikayla Kelley
wiley   +1 more source

Guessing and Its Limits

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 112, Issue 3, Page 563-577, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Guessing is the thesis that, roughly put, you may believe something iff it is among the most probable answers to a salient question. The thesis is motivated by observed features of felicitous belief reports when agents confront a question they aren't certain how to answer.
Helena Fang
wiley   +1 more source

The Contingency of Digital Reading: A Postdigital Literacy Ecologies Approach to Local Configurations of Play and Learning

Reading Research Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 2, April/May/June 2026.
This image presents a graphical abstract summarizing research on digital reading through a postdigital lens. It contrasts techno‐optimist and techno‐alarmist narratives about technology, identifying a gap requiring nuanced understanding. The methodology involves a case study of an Australian high school’s game‐centered English curriculum.
Alexander Bacalja
wiley   +1 more source

On Conceiving the Inconsistent [PDF]

, 2014
This work has been developed within the 2013–15 ahrc project The Metaphysical Basis of Logic: The Law of Non-Contradiction as Basic Knowledge (grant ref. ah/k001698/1).
Berto, Francesco
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