cosmological argument has been one of the most significant philosophical and theological arguments in religious traditions of different religions. in the western theo-philosophical tradition, there have been both different interpretations and numerous criticisms presented about this argument. in this article, the most important of those arguments and their criticisms are both taken into conside...

The philosophical relevance of experimental psychology is hard to dispute. Much more controversial is the so-called negative program’s critique of armchair philosophical methodology, in particular the reliance on ‘intuitions’ about thought experiments. This chapter responds to that critique. It argues that, since the negative program has been forced to extend the category of intuition to ordina...

We survey the evaluation methodology adopted in Information Extraction (IE), as defined in the MUC conferences and in later independent efforts applying machine learning to IE. We point out a number of problematic issues that may hamper the comparison between results obtained by different researchers. Some of them are common to other NLP tasks: e.g., the difficulty of exactly identifying the ef...

Several recent studies have underlined the lack of rigor in simulation practices that threatens the credibility of the published claims. While agreeing with some of the criticism, this article argues against some others and advocates for a different overall view. In short, existing criticism is concentrated on simulation as an independent task, and advises better reporting (repeatability), more...

More than twenty years after its conception, 'evidence-based medicine' (EBM) continues to invoke polarised debate. There are several areas of disagreement between EBM supporters and detractors as well as unanswered questions about the role of EBM in modern healthcare. Proponents suggest that the goal of EBM is to rescue medicine from many of its major ills, including wide variations in clinical...

I draw attention to some common misunderstandings among Dewey’s critics, as well significant interpretive clarifications by commentators who viewed his work in a positive light. have found it instructive look back at two sources an aid understanding what critics so puzzling about work. First, there are the reviews professional journals that appeared wake of publication Logic. Second, essays inc...

The present corpus-driven study addresses the current situation of translation criticisms published in print or online in the Iranian media. A sample of 17 criticisms (roughly 68,000 words altogether) from a variety of valid media outlets was compiled. Having been categorized into those with, and those without an ex- plicit theoretical framework, the criticisms were examined on two levels...