Incomplete Bayesian model rejects contradictory radiocarbon data for being contradictory

On Being Contradictory

This paper discusses recognizing and producing contradictions. After illustrating the phenomena of contradiction, the paper presents conceptual classes of contradiction and gives an overview of the how they can be recognized. The next part discusses the construction of contradictions, in particular with respect to contradicting historic events. The object of this paper is to examine the computa...

Structured Occurrence Nets: Incomplete, contradictory and uncertain failure evidence

Occurrence Nets (ONs) are directed acyclic graphs that represent causality and concurrency information concerning a single execution of a system. Structured Occurrence Nets (SONs), consist of multiple ONs associated together by means of various types of formal relationship, and are intended for recording information about either (i) the actual or envisaged behaviour of complex systems, as they ...

Contradictory purposes in prisons.

Contradictory Behavior During Genocides

In all large-scale genocides, rescuing occurs alongside killing. Some members of the aggressors’ ethnic group even risk their own lives to save members of the targeted group. Killing and rescuing occur closely together, and even the same persons may engage in both behaviors—killing on one occasion and rescuing on another. This article examines such cases—where the same individuals kill and resc...

Teaching for Justice in a Contradictory World

School today is caught in the dilemma of being expected to educate young people so that they can be integrated into modern industrial society. Because of structural injustices in society, not all students have equal chances in this integration process. Education in school is also expected to impart proficiency in skills which go beyond the functional skills which a productive society needs. The...