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The Role of Dice in the Emergence of the Probability Calculus
International Statistical Review, EarlyView.Summary The early development of the probability calculus was clearly influenced by the roll of dice. However, while dice have been cast since time immemorial, documented calculations on the frequency of various dice throws date back only to the mid‐13th century.
David R. Bellhouse, Christian Genest
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Church and State in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia [PDF]
, 1976 Glimpses of the Baltic ...
Moellering, Ralph L.
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Conversational AI Agents: The Effect of Process and Outcome Variation on Anthropomorphism and Trust
Information Systems Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Organisations increasingly deploy conversational AI agents (CAs) in agentic roles where behavioural variations are inevitable. Prior work often conflates two distinct forms of variation: outcome variation (where success fluctuates) and process variation (where the path to completion varies).
Kambiz Saffarizadeh, Mark Keil
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Is Religion Natural? Response to David Fergusson
ZygonThis response to the 2024 Boyle Lecture takes David Fergusson’s lecture “Is Religion Natural?” as a starting point from which to discuss some of the philosophical issues that arise in this context.
Fiona Ellis
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Extremely premature birth bioethical decision-making supported by dialogics and pragmatism. [PDF]
BMC Med Ethics, 2023 Kaempf JW, Moore GP.
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Concept, Principles and Research Methods of African Environmental Ethics [PDF]
, 2018 [English] This paper aims to discuss ten traditional and contemporary methodological paradigms in African philosophy, and demonstrates how they may apply to African environmental ethics research.
Ibanga, Diana-Abasi
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‘It's Like a Horror Movie That You Walk Through’: Experiencing Horror Through Immersive Recreation
The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Horror stories have provided enjoyable forms of leisure for centuries. Over the past five decades, however, these experiences have evolved into increasingly immersive forms of popular culture. What once involved constructing the narrative world internally through reading has expanded into sensory engagement through visual and auditory media ...
Susan Weidmann
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Thomas Henry Huxley et la Bible
Revue LISA, 2007 Thomas Henry Huxley devoted several essays to the study of the Bible. This interest can only be accounted for if his ideas on history, religion as well as epistemology are examined.
Christophe Duvey
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Identifying Out‐of‐the‐Box Virtual Reality Applications With Geriatric Applicability and Value
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Virtual reality (VR) has the potential to improve the quality of life for older adults. Most studies use proprietary VR programs, specifically designed for one goal, which vastly limits the generalizability and use by the older adult population.
Alexandra Petrakos +5 more
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