Laughter as a Rational and Irrational Phenomenon in Harold Pinter’s The Hothouse

Rational and Irrational Bubbles

a fundamental study of "histiriographic metafiction", and "literary genres", as introduced in "new historical philosophy", and tracing them in the works of julian barnes.

abstract a fundamental study of “historio-graphic metafiction” and “literary genres”, as introduced in “new historical philosophy”, and tracing them in the works of julian barnes having studied the two novels, the porcupine and arthur & george, by julian barnes, the researcher has applied linda hutcheon’s historio-graphic metafictional theories to them. the thesis is divided into five cha...

Poker as a Skill Game: Rational vs Irrational Behaviors

In several countries poker games are, probably, the most famous card games. Although each variant of poker has its own rules, all of them are characterized by the utilization of money to make sense the challenge. Nowadays, in the collective consciousness, some variants of poker are referred as skill games and others as gamble games. The utilization of money plays a fundamental role as it affect...

The Rational and Irrational Minds of Others

When one surveys Professor Carbonell's many and varied research contributions, two more or less constant methodological trends seem to stand out. They are the preference for an integra-tive outlook and insistence on developing computational systems. The integrative outlook stresses the multiplicity of causes in behavior and contributing factors in reasoning. It is a rather difficult position to...

critical period effects in foreign language learning:the influence of maturational state on the acquisition of reading,writing, and grammar in english as a foreign language

since the 1960s the age effects on learning both first and second language have been explored by many linguists and applied linguists (e.g lennerberg, 1967; schachter, 1996; long, 1990) and the existence of critical period for language acquisition was found to be a common ground of all these studies. in spite of some common findings, some issues about the impacts of age on acquiring a second or...