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When is it permissible to rely on a proposition in practical reasoning? Standard answers to this question face serious challenges. This paper uses these challenges to motivate a certainty norm of practical reasoning. This norm holds that one is permitted
Beddor, Bob
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An Analysis and a Critique of Henry Sidgwick’s Ethical Intuitionism [PDF]
In this paper, following an analytical-critical method, I will try to give an analysis of Sidgwick’s ethical intuitionism. I will focus on his critical analysis of Common Sense Morality, which he has called “Dogmatic Intuitionism”, and state the moral ...
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Attribution of de re propositional attitudes as a means of persuasion
By de re propositional attitude ascription for rhetorical purposes, we will understand uttering a modal statement wherein the speaker deliberately uses a description of the attitude’s object which she knows to be unavailable to the attitude holder.
Daniel B. Tiskin
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Chronic joint pain (CJP) is among the significant musculoskeletal comorbidities in sickle cell disease (SCD) individuals. However, many healthcare professionals have difficulties in understanding and evaluating it.
Tiago da Silva Lopes +19 more
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Deanna Kuhn's theory of informal argumentation (1991) evaluates arguments according to a theory/evidence model where subjects first articulate a theory and then must provide critical testing of alternatives on the basis of evidence.
Matthew Wilks Keefer
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Normative Practical Reasoning via Argumentation and Dialogue [PDF]
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De Vos, Marina +3 more
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Common Knowledge, Common Attitudes and Social Reasoning
For as long as there have been theories about common knowledge, they have been exposed to a certain amount of skepticism. Recent more sophisticated arguments question whether agents can acquire common attitudes and whether they are needed in social ...
Richmond H. Thomason
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Pollock on Practical Reasoning
The epistemologist John Pollock has implemented computationally an architecture for a rational agent which he calls OSCAR. OSCAR models both practical and theoretical (or epistemic) reasoning.
David Hitchcock
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Understanding the Quality of Interaction of Complexity Leadership and Social Enterprise based on the Complex Science Lens [PDF]
Extended Abstract Abstract Leading complex social constructs and binding to socio-economical goals are two major imperatives in social science research and practice.
Zahra Vafaee +2 more
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Is Practical Reasoning Presumptive?
Douglas Walton has done extensive and valuable work on the concepts of presumption and practical reasoning. However, Walton’s attempt to model practical reasoning as presumptive is misguided. The notions of “inference” and of the burden of proof shifting
Christian Kock
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