the theory of acquisition (kasb) was proposed by abu al-hasan al-ash'ari and was accepted by the majority of sunnis. in addition to the traditionary evidences, 'asha'ira scholars stated various rational evidences such as the impossibility of the combination between two causes for one effect, referring to the positivity of the attribute of omniscience and will and power, and the f...

The all too common “sunk cost effect” is apparent when an investor influenced by what has been spent already persists in a venture, committing further resources or foregoing more profitable opportunities, when the economically rational action is to quit. Less common but arguably just as much a sunk cost effect is the mistake of giving up on a failed or failing venture too readily, sometimes out...

The wavelet dimension function for arbitrary real dilations is defined and used to address several questions involving the existence of MRA wavelets and well-localized wavelets for irrational dilations. The theory of quasi-affine frames for rational dilations and the existence of non-MSF wavelets for certain irrational dilations play an important role in this development. Expansive dilations ad...

This paper explores the scriptural and theological reasons given by Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs) to refuse blood transfusions. Julian Savulescu and Richard W Momeyer argue that informed consent should be based on rational beliefs and that the refusal of blood transfusions by JWs is irrational, but after examining the reasons given by JWs, I challenge the claim that JW beliefs are irrational. I als...

This paper presents a computer simulated artificial stock market to examine market rationality issues. We construct economic agents with different degrees of irrationality to participate in the stock market. The agents replicate the irrational behaviors described in the psychology and finance literatures and determine the outcome of the market. The main focus of this study is to examine the two...

In this paper we present an one-and-a-half-line proof, involving Cogalois Theory, of a folklore result asking when is an irrational number a sum of radicals of positive rational numbers. Some of the main ingredients of Cogalois Theory like G-Kneser extension, G-Cogalois extension, etc., used in the proof are briefly explained, so that the paper is selfcontained. We also discuss some older and n...

Four-month-old infants were presented with feeding actions performed in a rational or irrational manner. Infants reacted to the irrational feeding actions by dilating their pupils, but only in the presence of rich contextual constraints. The study demonstrates that teleological processes are online at 4 months of age and illustrates the usefulness of pupil dilations as a measure of social cogni...

In the empirical analysis we identify herding by documenting sequential correlation of lending decisions after controlling for listing heterogeneity and payoff externalities. We then distinguish rational herding from irrational herding based on the premise that publicly observable listing attributes should moderate the herding momentum if lenders are rational observational learners. In this sec...

This paper presents a rational Haar wavelet operational method for solving the inverse Laplace transform problem and improves inherent errors from irrational Haar wavelet. The approach is thus straightforward, rather simple and suitable for computer programming. We define that $P$ is the operational matrix for integration of the orthogonal Haar wavelet. Simultaneously, simplify the formulaes of...