In this paper we present a new approach to incremental user recognition in fuzzy environments where user classification is updated within an epistemological model. We extend Einhorn and Hogarth’s anchor and adjustment method ([7]), itself derived from a study of human behaviour, from the point value representation of belief and evidence to the case where belief and evidence are imprecise. We re...

In their paper “Belief and Beyond: Toward a New Orientation in Epistemology”[2] Bandyopadhyay and Taper argue that this century’s epistemological tradition has emphasized only the concept of belief and paid insufficient attention to the notion of evidence. In particular they argue that evidence is a conceptually distinct concept from that of belief and thus conflating the notions of belief and ...

PURPOSE This study was to explore the relationship between clinical performance examination (CPX) achievement and epistemological beliefs to investigate the potentials of epistemological beliefs in ill-structured medical problem solving tasks. METHODS We administered the epistemological beliefs questionnaire (EBQ) to fourth-year medical students and correlated the results with their CPX score...

the purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between epistemological and motivational beliefs about mathematics among gifted students. to this end , 334 first year high school gifted students were selected through applying the otis intelligence test. epistemological beliefs questionnaire (ebq) and motivational beliefs about mathematics scale (mbms) were also used as measurement inst...

College students’ epistemological belief in their academic performance ofmathematics has beendocumentedand is receiving increasedattention.However, towhat extent and inwhat ways problem solvers’ beliefs about the nature of mathematical knowledge and thinking impact their performances and behavior is not clear and deserves further investigation. The present study investigated how Taiwanese colle...

We propose a concept of intellectual values as (a) shared within a group and defined by the extent to which intellectual engagement is regarded as worthwhile to the group’s interests, (b) supported by an epistemological belief system, and (c) an important dimension of sociocultural practice and learning. A series of studies is described in which assessments of intellectual values and epistemolo...

This brief essay explores how understanding the treatment of expert evidence requires engaging with its legal and political contexts, and not just focusing on its epistemological aspects. Although the law of evidence and thus its treatment of experts is significantly informed by epistemological considerations, it is also informed by concerns over the organization of trials, larger issues of int...