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Philosophical Theory
"... Objects Bob Hale Conditionals Frank Jackson Reality and Representation David Papineau Facts and the Function of Truth Dilemmas Walter Sinnott-Armstrong Function of HUW PRICE Copyright Huw Price 1988 First published 1988 First published in USA 1989 Basil Blackwell Ltd 108 Cowley Road, Oxfor ..."
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of truth (Philosophical theory). 1. Truth I. Title II. Series ISBN of Congress in Publication Data Price, Huw. Facts and the function of Price. p. cm. (Philosophical theory) Bibliography: Includes index. ISBN 0-631-15078-l 1. Truth. 2. Semantics (Philosophy) I. Title. II. Series.
Reference, philosophical theories
"... §1 gives a preliminary explanation of the concept of reference. §2 is an analysis of descriptivism, the first systematic theory of reference. §3 begins with criticisms of descriptivism, and then details the development of the causal-historical theory of reference, which has been the orthodox view of ..."
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? Reference is the relation that obtains between a use of a linguistic expression and what it stands for or denotes. Philosophical theories of reference aim to explain this relation. They address such questions as: Can we specify necessary or sufficient conditions for a use of an expression to single out some
PRACTICAL BELIEF AND PHILOSOPHICAL THEORY
"... Philosophy invariably starts with the attempt to spell out ideas and beliefs that we already hold, whether on topics like time or causality, colour or value, consciousness or free will, democracy or justice or freedom. It may go well beyond such pre-philosophical assumptions in its further developme ..."
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Philosophy invariably starts with the attempt to spell out ideas and beliefs that we already hold, whether on topics like time or causality, colour or value, consciousness or free will, democracy or justice or freedom. It may go well beyond such pre-philosophical assumptions in its further
through philosophical theory
, 2008
"... While sociological theory has been utilized by sport management scholars and is of key importance to the management field, the largely unmediated appearance of sport ethics and wider moral philosophy ought to be of equal, if not greater concern. While the term "ethics", and to a lesser deg ..."
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While sociological theory has been utilized by sport management scholars and is of key importance to the management field, the largely unmediated appearance of sport ethics and wider moral philosophy ought to be of equal, if not greater concern. While the term "ethics", and to a lesser
Rough Sets.
- Int. J. of Information and Computer Sciences
, 1982
"... Abstract. This article presents some general remarks on rough sets and their place in general picture of research on vagueness and uncertainty -concepts of utmost interest, for many years, for philosophers, mathematicians, logicians and recently also for computer scientists and engineers particular ..."
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particularly those working in such areas as AI, computational intelligence, intelligent systems, cognitive science, data mining and machine learning. Thus this article is intended to present some philosophical observations rather than to consider technical details or applications of rough set theory. Therefore
Beyond pleasure and pain
- American Psychologist
, 1997
"... People approach pleasure and avoid pain. To discover the true nature of approach-avoidance motivation, psychologists need to move beyond this hedonic principle to the principles that underlie the different ways that it operates. One such principle is regulatory focus, which distinguishes self-regula ..."
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Greeks, through 17th- and 18thcentury British philosophers, to 20th-century psychologists, this hedonic or pleasure principle has dominated scholars ' understanding of people's motivation. It is the basic motivational assumption of theories across all areas of psychology, including theories
Emotion-mapped Robotic Facial Expressions based on Philosophical Theories of Vagueness
"... As the field of robotics matures robots will need some method of displaying and modeling emotions. One way of doing this is to use a human-like face on which the robot can make facial expressions corresponding to its emotional state. Yet the connection between a robot’s emotional state and its physi ..."
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in the vagueness of robot emotions. We then outline several methods that have been used in the philosophical literature to model vagueness and propose an experiment that uses our humanoid robot head to determine which philosophical theory is best suited to the task.
Philosophical theories of privacy: Implications for an adequate online privacy policy.
- Metaphilosophy
, 2007
"... Abstract: This essay critically examines some classic philosophical and legal theories of privacy, organized into four categories: the nonintrusion, seclusion, limitation, and control theories of privacy. Although each theory includes one or more important insights regarding the concept of privacy, ..."
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Abstract: This essay critically examines some classic philosophical and legal theories of privacy, organized into four categories: the nonintrusion, seclusion, limitation, and control theories of privacy. Although each theory includes one or more important insights regarding the concept of privacy
Should Scientists Ignore Philosophical Theories of Evidence? An Appraisal of Achinstein
"... Why do scientists and others want evidence for their theories? What does evidence that h give you? My answer is that it gives you a good reason to believe h. Not necessarily a conclusive one, or the best possible one, but a good one nonetheless. ..."
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Why do scientists and others want evidence for their theories? What does evidence that h give you? My answer is that it gives you a good reason to believe h. Not necessarily a conclusive one, or the best possible one, but a good one nonetheless.
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