The transition from the real to the digital requires a shift of consciousness that can be theorised with recourse to the concept of liminality, which has multidisciplinary currency in psychology and other disciplines in the social sciences, cultural, and literary theory. In anthropology the notion of liminality was introduced by the ethnographer Arnold van Gennep in the context of the developme...

In this paper I am concerned with Peter van Inwagen’s Consequence Argument. I focus on its probably best known version. In this form it crucially employs the notion of rendering a proposition false, a notion that has never been made sufficiently clear. The main aim of my paper is to shed light on this notion. The explications offered so far in the debate all are based on modal concepts. I argue...

1. Inleiding Zoals bekend heeft de Projectgroep medische deskundigen in de rechtspleging van de Vrije Universiteit in samenwerking met de Interdisciplinaire Werkgroep Medische Deskundigen (IWMD)1 een studiemodel ontwikkeld voor de vraagstelling bij medische expertises over het causaal verband bij ongevallen.2 Dit model is bekend geworden als ‘de IWMD-vraagstelling’ en heeft ruime navolging gekr...

The concept of group signature was first introduced by Chaum and van Heyst. They allowed individual members in a group to create signatures on behalf of the group. In this paper, we shall propose a new English auction scheme based on this concept by using the bulletin board system (BBS). The proposed scheme can satisfy the requirements of an ideal of English auction scheme as in Introduction.

reality therapy is a particular approach in adolescent development and independence that repeatedly emphasized on the disagreeable relationships and self-control to encourage personal growth. unfortunately, we could not find any study in the context of effectiveness of training reality therapy concepts on parent-child conflicts and self-efficacy. therefore, this study were done with the purpose...