A case for a pluralistic approach to cognitive science is sketched. It is argued that cognitive scientists should take seriously the possibility that a single, unified framework for all of cognition is an unrealistic expectation for its diverse interdisciplinary goals and subject matter. A pluralistic approach instead seeks ways of integrating the multiple perspectives that have provided explan...

The past few years have seen a resurgence of interest in the scientific study of magic. Despite being only a few years old, this “new wave” has already resulted in a host of interesting studies, often using methods that are both powerful and original. These developments have largely borne out our earlier hopes (Kuhn et al., 2008) that new opportunities were available for scientific studies base...

This study attempted to discover why feline CaOx urolithiasis prevalence has recently increased. By offering 3 different diets, the researchers investigated differences in UOx excretion. HP was associated with slightly more acidic and concentrated urine, with no significant difference in UOx excretion. Several limitations were present; for instance, young adult, intact, lean, female cats were u...

Generalizing the probabilistic correlation ratio we will introduce a correlation ratio for marginal possibility distributions of joint possibility distributions.

In this article, our main intention is to highlight the fact that the probable links between probability and possibility which were established by different authors at different point of time on the basis of some well known consistency principles cannot provide the desired result. That is why the paper discussed some prominent works for transformations between probability and possibility and fi...

Several transformations from probabilities to possibilities have been proposed. In particular, Dubois and Prade’s procedure produces the most specific possibility distribution among the ones dominating a given probability distribution. In this paper, this method is generalized to the case where the probabilities are unknown, the only information being a data sample represented by a histogram. I...

Our case describes an 80-year-old female who presented an asymptomatic lower intestinal bleeding after depositions without hemodynamic repercussion, rectal tenesmus or abdominal pain. She relates alternating constipation and diarrhea in the last twenty years without recent changes. Colonoscopy (done under sedation): Hemorrhoids grade III/IV. Pancolonic diverticulosis. In the cecum mucosa, numer...

In this paper, a semantic basis for Possibility Theory based on likelihood functions is presented. In some cases, possibilities have been considered as approximations of Shafer plausibility measures. This approximation exchanges exactness of plausibility values for the simplicity of use of possibility values. In this paper, a different direction is followed. Possibility measures are considered ...