Although selective attention allocation has been suggested to be one of the most important processes implemented in the recent computational models of category learning (e.g., Kruschke, 1992), the models’ predictions on attention allocation have been virtually ignored by cognitive modeling researchers. Rather almost all modeling studies had focused solely on the models’ capabilities in reproduc...

Introduction: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has diverse clinical manifestations. Vasculitis is one of the manifestations found in SLE. present different forms, with purpura lesions seeming to be uncommon. Case Presentation: We report a case 20-year-old male SLE patient who developed on his extremities. Histologically, were suggestive leukocytoclastic vasculitis.

In Beebe (2011), I argued against the widespread reluctance of philosophers to treat skeptical challenges to our a priori knowledge of necessary truths with the same seriousness as skeptical challenges to our a posteriori knowledge of contingent truths. Vahid (2013) offers several reasons for thinking the unequal treatment of these two kinds of skepticism is justified, one of which is a priori ...

Recently Oaksford and Hahn (2004) proposed a Bayesian reconstruction of a classic argumentation fallacy Locke’s ‘argument from ignorance.’ Here this account is extended to what is probably the most well-known of all argumentation fallacies: circular reasoning or ‘begging the question’. A Bayesian analysis is shown to clarify when and where circular reasoning is good or bad, and how seeming para...

In response to Lynne Rudder Baker’s intriguing paper, “Why Christians Should Not Be Libertarians,” I suggest that, even if a Christian simply lets the chips fall where they may with respect to the dispute between libertarians and compatibilists, a Christian should not be a determinist. I also offer for consideration a rather controversial non-Augustinian explanation for the near universality an...