Experimenting on animals: a reconsideration.

A Reconsideration of the Effect of the Structure of Abbasid`s Political Power on Islamic Civilization during the Period of 132 to 247 of Hijrah

Some extensive studies have taken place by now in the field of Abbasid`s appearance, duration and disappearance of Caliphate. Yet, there can be found many considerable aspects of truth in the mind of historians needed to be described. The problem of the study is: what influence did the structure of Abbasid`s political power have on Islamic civilization? The first hypothesis posing itself in min...

Making a Difference in Teacher Education Courses: A Psychological Reconsideration

Rational Choice Theory: A Cultural Reconsideration

Economists have heralded the formulation of the expected utility theorem as a universal method of choice under uncertainty. In their seminal paper, Stigler and Becker (Stigler & Becker, 1977) declared that “human behavior can be explained by a generalized calculus of utility-maximizing behavior” (p.76). The universality of the rational choice theory has been widely criticized by psychologists, ...

The Necessity for Reconsideration of Arabic Novel Translations A critique of Symphony of Destiny

 this paper is a review of the Persian translation of the popular Arabic novel, Kunshirtu al-Hulukust wa al-Nakbah (Destinies: The Concerto of The Holocaust and The Naqba), by the Palestinian Rabai al-Madhoun. This work received the International Award for Arabic Novels in 2016; and then was translated into Farsi under the title of the Symphony of Destiny. Unfortunately, the translation shows m...

Reconsideration on Non-Linear Base Orderings

Reconsideration is a belief change operation that re-optimizes a finite belief base following a series of belief change operations—provided all base beliefs have a linear credibility ordering. This paper shows that linearity is not required for reconsideration to improve and possibly optimize a belief base.