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Truth-bearers or Truth-makers?

Truth or Urban Legend?

It has become widely accepted that correlations between variables measured with the same method, usually self-report surveys, are inflated due to the action of common method variance (CMV), despite a number of sources that suggest the problem is overstated. The author argues that the popular position suggesting CMV automatically affects variables measured with the same method is a distortion an...

Truth or consequences.

The great age of American philosophy, dominated by the figures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles S. Peirce, William James, Josiah Royce, and John Dewey, consistently draws the attention of scholars from a variety of disciplines. These philosophers serve as a source of inspiration, a tradition to be appropriated, and a subject for sustained analysis. As debate about the nature of truth, the role o...

Truth : Elusive or Illusive ?

How should one react when "reality," based on observations and scientific proofs, appears to be at odds with the teachings of the Torah? Some critical observers have noted that it is common for people to accept "reality" as fact and attempt to reconcile the Torah with the "facts," regardless of how tortured and convoluted the solution may be. Rather than accepting this apologetic approach, thes...

Truth or Consequences: An Experiment

This paper presents evidence that the willingness to punish an unfair action is sensitive to whether this action was preceded by a deceptive message. One player first sends a message indicating an intended play, which is either favorable or unfavorable to the other player in the game. After the message, the sender and the receiver play a simultaneous 2×2 game, in which the sender may or may not...