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The Effect of Persuasive Knowledge on the Attitude and Lifestyle of Organic Products Consumers; The Mediating Role of Skepticism about Advertising [PDF]
Objective Researchers have got conflicting perspectives on the reasons that make individuals disinclined toward consuming green products. Adopting a novel approach, this study focuses on the role of persuasive knowledge (i.e., agent, tactic, and topic ...
Fateme Abolhasani Targhi +1 more
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La promesse de Lost (À propos de la Saison 2)
This essay deals with the themes of the leap of faith, the ritual and the sacrifice in the television show Lost, concentrating mainly on season 2. It questions Lost’s promise to spectator as far as narration is concerned.
Guillaume Dulong
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The Critique from Experimental Philosophy: Can Philosophical Intuitions Be Externally Corroborated? [PDF]
Jonathan Weinberg (2007) criticizes so called armchair philosophers’ appeals to intuitions. Faulty intuitions, so the argument, cannot be detected and corrected since (among other reasons) intuitions cannot be corroborated by external evidence. I press a
Seeger, Max
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Science Literacy: a More Fundamental Meaning
Over a century of attention to “science literacy for all” has not produced a public that can appreciate a common body of core science facts, concepts, and methods; nor have many acquired from their years in K–12 education the ability to apply science ...
Jeff Elhai
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Catholics and Climate Change Skepticism
Despite Church teachings on climate change and most Catholics accepting the science and being concerned, a large minority of Catholic laity and clergy deny it.
Vincentnathan, L. +2 more
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Problem antecedencji fallibilizmu w poglądach Karneadesa
THE ANTECEDENTS OF FALLIBILISM IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF CARNEADES Summary In this article, I undertake an attempt at recognizing and critically analyzing antecedents of fallibilism in the philosophy of Carneades.
Dariusz Kubok
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On Dependency between Wishes and Perception
Introduction. Empirical studies of recent years convincingly show that the character of sensory perception can be influenced by non-cognitive mental states of the agent, such as her desires.
A. I. Ponomarev, K. G. Frolov
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Skepticism Is Unjustified [PDF]
The skepticism expressed in the article with regard to sulfonylureas is unjustified. In a recent Cochrane meta-analysis (1), second generation sulfonylureas had fewer cardiovascular side effects than metformin; mortality was the same. By comparison, the cited retrospective data provide low-level evidence.
Heinz-Harald, Abholz +3 more
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Doubt and dogmatism in Cicero’s Academica
The objective is to show the peculiar way in which Cicero’s philosophical thinking is original and distances itself from the main representatives of the New Academy: the Roman thinker does not practice epoche, nor does he assign any special role to it in
Alexandre Skvirsky
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Skeptical Thoughts Concerning Explanationism and Skepticism
According to the explanationist, we can rely on inference to best explanation to justifiably believe familiar skeptical hypotheses are false. On this view, commonsense beliefs about the existence and character of familiar, medium-sized dry goods provides the best explanation of our evidence and so justifies our belief that we're not brains-in-vats ...
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