What kind of evaluative states are emotions? The attitudinal theory vs. the perceptual theory of emotions

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 544-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauro Rossi ◽  
Christine Tappolet
Keyword(s):  
Master Argument ◽  
Perceptual Theory ◽  
Central Tenet

AbstractThis paper argues that Deonna and Teroni's attitudinal theory of emotions faces two serious problems. The first is that their master argument fails to establish the central tenet of the theory, namely, that the formal objects of emotions do not feature in the content of emotions. The second is that the attitudinal theory itself is vulnerable to a dilemma. By pointing out these problems, our paper provides indirect support to the main competitor of the attitudinal theory, namely, the perceptual theory of emotions.

Dissociation and Loss of Background: A Test of the Perceptual Theory of Dissociation

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Beere ◽  
Gerald Fuller ◽  
Lara Maurer ◽  
Michael Pica
Keyword(s):  
Perceptual Theory

The Master Argument of Diodorus Cronus

1999 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-252
Author(s):  
Nicholas Denyer
Keyword(s):  
Master Argument

A Comparative Exploration of the Spiritual Authority of the Awliyā’ in the Shi‘i and Sufi Traditions

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-74
Author(s):  
Rebecca Masterton
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Critical Comparison ◽  
Spiritual Authority ◽  
Central Tenet ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Islamic Belief

This paper aims to engage in a critical comparison of the spiritual authority of the awliyā’ in the Shi‘i and Sufi traditions in order to examine an area of Islamic belief that remains unclearly defined. Similarities between Shi‘i and Sufi doctrine have long been noted, but little research has been conducted on how and why they developed. Taking a central tenet of both, walāyah, the paper discusses several of its key aspects as they appear recorded in Shi‘i ḥadīth collections and as they appear later in one of the earliest Sunni Sufi treatises. By extention, it seeks to explore the identity of the awliyā’ and their role in relation to the Twelve Imams. It also traces the reabsorption into Shi‘i culture of the Sufi definition of walāyah via two examples: the works of one branch of the Dhahabi order and those of Allamah Tabataba’i, a popular twentieth-century Iranian mystic and scholar.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Stegenga
Keyword(s):  
Medical Practice ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Inductive Inference ◽  
Formal Theory ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Master Argument ◽  
Medical Interventions ◽  
Concepts Of Disease ◽  
Based Medicine

This chapter introduces the book, describes the key arguments of each chapter, and summarizes the master argument for medical nihilism. It offers a brief survey of prominent articulations of medical nihilism throughout history, and describes the contemporary evidence-based medicine movement, to set the stage for the skeptical arguments. The main arguments are based on an analysis of the concepts of disease and effectiveness, the malleability of methods in medical research, and widespread empirical findings which suggest that many medical interventions are barely effective. The chapter-level arguments are unified by our best formal theory of inductive inference in what is called the master argument for medical nihilism. The book closes by considering what medical nihilism entails for medical practice, research, and regulation.

The Bishop’s Church: Berkeley’s Master Argument and the Paradox of Knowability

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Stephen Kearns
Keyword(s):  
Master Argument ◽  
Paradox Of Knowability

Abstract We can find in the passages that set out the Master Argument a precursor to the paradox of knowability. That paradox shows that if all truths are knowable, all truths are known. Similarly, Berkeley might be read as proposing that if all sensible objects are (distinctly) conceivable, then all sensible objects are conceived.

Replication of Special Education Research

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 205-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew C. Makel ◽  
Jonathan A. Plucker ◽  
Jennifer Freeman ◽  
Allison Lombardi ◽  
Brandi Simonsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Success Rate ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Journal Citation Report ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Publication History ◽  
Central Tenet ◽  
History Of

Increased calls for rigor in special education have often revolved around the use of experimental research design. However, the replicability of research results is also a central tenet to the scientific research process. To assess the prevalence, success rate, and authorship history of replications in special education, we investigated the complete publication history of every replication published in the 36 journals categorized by ISI Web of Knowledge Journal Citation Report as special education. We found that 0.5% of all articles reported seeking to replicate a previously published finding. More than 80% of these replications reported successfully replicating previous findings. However, replications where there was at least one author overlapping with the original article (which happens about two thirds of the time) were statistically significantly more likely to find successful results.

scholarly journals Saving a species threatened by trade: a network study of Bali starling Leucopsar rothschildi conservation

Oryx ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 480-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul R. Jepson
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Conservation Policy ◽  
Wildlife Trade ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Local Elites ◽  
Central Tenet ◽  
Regulatory Flexibility ◽  
Government Authority

AbstractSaving species from extinction is a central tenet of conservation, yet success in this endeavour remains unpredictable and elusive, especially where wildlife trade is involved. Influential conservation policy actors operating internationally advocate strong regulatory and enforcement approaches to governance of wildlife trade. However, a broad body of evidence suggests that in some situations positive incentives for sustainable use may achieve better conservation outcomes. This analysis of efforts over 3 decades to avoid the extinction of the Bali starling Leucopsar rothschildi draws on network perspectives from environmental governance and geography, and shows how an international project adopting traditional enforcement approaches generated a ‘prestige of ownership’ dynamic among local elites. This placed trade in Bali starlings above the enforcement competencies of the relevant government authority, leading to the demise of the species. Subsequently, two separate Indonesian initiatives created spaces of regulatory flexibility and embraced traits of the starling's phenotype to construct identities for the species suited to the local context. This enrolled a wider range of stakeholders in the conservation of the species, including bird-keeping elites, and led to significant successes in restoring captive and free-flying populations. This case study highlights the potential of conservation networks that involve non-establishment personnel and, while recognizing the appeal of generic enforcement approaches to politicians, funders and the urban public, it adds to an increasing body of evidence that suggests top-down prescriptive conservation frameworks may undermine the ability of situated conservationists to develop interventions appropriate to their political and cultural realities.

scholarly journals ‘God kan net doen wat God wel doen’: Petrus Abelardus se Megariaanse argument in Theologia ‘Scholarium’, Opera Theologica III

2011 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johann Beukes
Keyword(s):  
Specific Reference ◽  
Medieval Philosophy ◽  
Restricted Access ◽  
Master Argument ◽  
Philosophical Questions ◽  
The Way

‘God can only do what God does do’: Peter Abelard’s Megarian argument in Theologia ‘Scholarium’, Opera Theologica III Peter Abelard’s contribution to a constellation of central themes in post-Carolingian medieval philosophy, namely on causation, necessity and contingency, with its discursive undertone of the relation between potentiality and actuality, is worked out in a rather informal way in one of his later works, Theologia ‘Scholarium’. Typical of the fusion of philosophical questions and theological premises in medieval philosophy, Abelard addresses the issue by asking whether God can only do what God does. Abelard argues that God can do or not do or omit doing only those things which God does do or does not do or omits doing and that God can do or can not do or omit doing those things only in the way or at the time at which God does and not at any other. Given Abelard’s fragmented and restricted access to the Aristotelian corpus regarding causality, how did he come to this Aristotelian-orientated conclusion? This article stresses the ancient quality of Abelard’s argument from another angle, reminiscent of the so-called Master Argument of the Megarians, with specific reference to the dialectical legacy of Diodorus Cronus, according to whom what can be is what is: what is, in turn, is what must be. Actuality, for the Megarians, exhausts potentiality. The path of actuality cannot be undermined or compromised by issues of potentiality. God’s actions are thus for both the Megarians and Abelard strictly determined and determining. God, in the end, can only do what God does. This article contributes to scholarship in medieval philosophy or theology by making this connection explicit and by thoroughly exploring the link between Abelard and his ancient predecessors.

Improvement of a Forward Dynamic MPC Based Human Gait Model

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaoli Wu ◽  
Philip A. Voglewede
Keyword(s):  
Predictive Control ◽  
Ground Reaction Force ◽  
Reaction Force ◽  
Human Gait ◽  
Mechanical Parameters ◽  
Anthropometric Parameters ◽  
Robust Controller ◽  
Central Tenet ◽  
Human Joints ◽  
Improved Model

This paper develops an improvement to an existing forward dynamic human gait model. A human gait model was developed previously to assist virtual testing prostheses and orthoses. The model consists of a plant model and a controller model. The central tenet to the model is the model predictive control (MPC) algorithm, which is a highly robust controller. In the previous model, however, there are several drawbacks. First, the anthropometric and mechanical parameters in the parts of the model are specific to one person. Second, the simulation result of ground reaction force (GRF) is not realistic. In this paper, the anthropometric parameters are calculated based on commonly used models that approximate an average person’s size. As for the mechanical parameters, the spring and damper coefficients in the human joints and ground reaction force (GRF) system are estimated by using the parameter estimation module in MATLAB based on the experimental subject data. The paper concludes with a simulation results between the new improved model and the previous developed model.

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