Abstract The best accuracy arguments for probabilism apply only to credence functions with finite domains, that is, assign at most finitely many propositions. This is a significant limitation. It reveals the support accuracy-first programme in epistemology lot weaker than it seems first glance, and means cannot yet accomplish everything their competitors, pragmatic (Dutch book) arguments, can. ...

This paper focuses on the foundational role of interactive epistemology in the problem of generating plans for rational agents in multiagent settings. Interactive epistemology deals with the logic of knowledge and belief when there is more than one agent. In multiagent settings, we are interested in not only the agent’s knowledge of the state of the world, but also its belief over the other age...

Participation is a complex process, engaging the whole person, implying cognitive, emotional and relational aspects (Wenger, 1998). In online open and distant learning, group work is a commonly used strategy, given its collaborative nature and constructivist framework (Bates & Poole, 2003; Garrison & Anderson, 2003; Jonassen, 2005). In this context, collaborative learning processes are highly d...

The liberation from the view that only one way of making sense of experience is legitimate (the one that “corresponds to reality”), which follows from the results of 20th century science and philosophy, puts us into a position to consciously choose and assign a purpose to the creation of meaning; and based on that choice, to develop completely new modes of information, to suit each chosen purpo...

We suggest a tractable algorithm for assigning probabilities to sentences of firstorder logic and updating those probabilities on the basis of observations. The core technical difficulty is relaxing the constraints of logical consistency in a way that is appropriate for bounded reasoners, without sacrificing the ability to make useful logical inferences or update correctly on evidence. Using th...

Introduction The World Wide Web (hereafter simply referred to as the Web) is a large-scale digital compendium of information that covers practically every sphere of human interest and endeavour. For this reason it should come as no surprise that the Web has been an important focus of attention for the epistemological community. To date, search engines (Heintz, 2006; Miller & Record, 2013; Simps...

The advance of computer technology that has greatly exceeded human computational capabilities makes the question of the artificial intelligence (AI) quite natural. If the rate of the progress is maintained, one might anticipate the existence of algorithms mimicking human thinking. Thinking, however, involves not only purely logical operations (enjoying high level of perfection today) but combin...

Three years of graduating business honors cohorts in a large urban university were sampled to determine whether the introduction of ubiquitous laptop computers into the honors program contributed to student achievement, student satisfaction and constructivist teaching activities. The first year cohort consisted of honors students who did not have laptops; the second and third year cohorts were ...