Using a relatively mild restriction on the beliefs of the MMEU − α preference functional, in which the decision maker’s degree of ambiguity and degree of pessimism are each parameterized, we present a rather general theory of religious choice in the decision theory tradition, one that can resolve dilemmas, address the many Gods objection, and address the inherent ambiguity. Using comparative st...

IT WAS A GREAT HONOR to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Design Automation Conference with a keynote lecture intended to place in perspective the most relevant research results presented at DAC in all these years and to identify trends and challenges for the future of electronic design automation (EDA). Going through the DAC proceedings, hunting for relevant papers, was indeed a formidable...

To commit Euthyphro's fallacy is to endorse a pair of incompatible explanations, one constitutive and the other causal. Asked to explain the nature of piety, Euthyphro hazards that being pious consists in being an object of the gods' love. But asked what causes the gods to love what they do, he holds with the commonsensical thought that the gods love pious people because they are pious. As Socr...

The jindai moji (神代文字—“characters of the Age Gods”) are pseudocharacters (疑字: “giji”) created in early modern period, which purport to be an ancient Japanese writing script. One most famous examples literature written is epic poem Hotsuma Tsutae, regarded as account development medieval mythology age. It includes tales evil lords known hatare (rendered 魔王 Kanbun), who bring chaos land and vanqu...