In this paper we present a prototype of a framework called dalek (DiALectical Explanation in Knowledge-bases). This framework implements dialectical approaches to explain query answers in inconsistent knowledge bases. The motivation behind the prototype is as follows: given an inconsistent knowledge base represented within Datalog±, a semantics for handling inconsistency and a query Q, the goal...

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) was born out of necessity to help suicidal individual ssuffering from severe emotion dysregulation. DBT evolved into a comprehensive, modular and hierarchical treatment consisting of a numerous treatment modes (i.e., individual psychotherapy, group skills training, out-of-session coaching, and a clinician consultation team). DBT is an intensely studied treatme...

Louis Dupré’s death marks the passing of a philosopher who made profound contribution to study Marx, Hegel, and wider tradition, needs be reread today. This memoriam acknowledges his importance through placing him in conversation with great Marxist humanist Raya Dunayevskaya.

This paper has three dimensions, historical, theoretical and social. The historical dimension is to show how the Ciceronian system of dialectical argumentation served as a precursor to recent computational models like the Carneades argumentation model. The theoretical dimension is to show concretely how these models reveal the interdependency of rhetoric and logic, and so the interdependency of...

Although research to date on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for adolescents has its limitations, growing evidence suggests that DBT is a promising treatment for adolescents with a range of problematic behaviors, including but not limited to suicidal and nonsuicidal self-injury. This article introduces dialectical behavior therapy's theoretical underpinnings, describes its adaptation for sui...

Social networking sites (SNS) are integrated world wide web-based information, communication and community platforms that allow the creation of personal profiles, the upload and sharing of multimedia data, networking with other users with the help of “friends lists”, communication by tools such as e-mail, guest books, or forums. SNS combine a number of Internet technologies on one platform and ...