SYNTHESE
2008
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2008
The aim of this paper is to propose a systematic classification of emotions which can also characterize their nature. The first challenge we address is the submission of clear crit...
SYNTHESE
2008
13 years 4 months ago
2008
SYNTHESE
2008
13 years 4 months ago
2008
The problem addressed in this paper is "the main epistemic problem concerning science", viz. "the explication of how we compare and evaluate theories [. . .] in the ...
SYNTHESE
2008
13 years 4 months ago
2008
Nancy Cartwright relies upon an inference pattern known as inference to the best causal explanation (IBCE) to support a limited form of entity realism, according to which we are wa...
SYNTHESE
2008
13 years 4 months ago
2008
SYNTHESE
2008
13 years 4 months ago
2008
SYNTHESE
2008
13 years 4 months ago
2008
Many assume that we can be responsible only what is voluntary. This leads to puzzlement about our responsibility for our beliefs, since beliefs seem not to be voluntary. I argue ag...
SYNTHESE
2008
13 years 4 months ago
2008
Abstract We argue that in the decision making process required for selecting assertible vague descriptions of an object, it is practical that communicating agents adopt an epistemi...
SYNTHESE
2008
13 years 4 months ago
2008
SYNTHESE
2008
13 years 4 months ago
2008