This paper defends the view that philosophical propositions are merely relatively true, i.e. true relative to a doxastic perspective defined at least in part by a non-inferential belief-acquiring method. Here is the strategy: first, the primary way that contemporary philosophers defend their views is through the use of rational intuition, and this method delivers non-inferential, basic beliefs ...

The revelation effect describes the increased tendency to call items "old" when a recognition judgment is preceded by an incidental task. Past findings show that d' for recognition decreases following revelation, evidence that the revelation effect is due to familiarity change. However, data from receiver operating characteristic curves from 3 experiments produced no evidence of changes in reco...

This paper extends the revelation principle to environments in which the mechanism designer cannot fully commit to the outcome induced by the mechanism. We show that he may optimally use a direct mechanism under which truthful revelation is an optimal strategy for the agent. In contrast with the conventional revelation principle, however, the agent may not use this strategy with probability one...

When I was about twelve, yet another retelling of the Cinderella story released into theatres in a magic-free but nonetheless magical version called Ever After. One my favorite scenes this film involves prince pacing along riverbank, bemoaning challenge finding his true love to Leonardo da Vinci. He asks great Renaissance man, How can you be certain find [the right person]? And if them, are the...

this research is intended to present an elucidation of interaction between textual context and circumstantial context while comprehending the text. this interaction is maintained in a specific hermeneutic circle of comprehending the text. the qur’ān is divine word and has characteristics that demands hermeneutic circle proportionate to it. therefore, in this research the characteristics influen...