Valuations are ubiquitous. We may be for or against genetically modified food; we find some politicians irresponsible; we prefer Beethoven to rock ‘n’ roll or vice versa; some enjoy bird-watching while others find it boring; and we may think that we have to tighten up on green-house gas emissions. Valuing is pervasive and often we are not even aware that we are valuing. However, many of our val...

Recommendation technologies support users in the identification of interesting products and services. Beside the wide-spread approaches of collaborative and content-based filtering, knowledge-based recommender technologies gain an increasing importance due to their capability of deriving recommendations for complex products such as financial services, technical equipment, or consumer goods. The...

contemporary philosophy is replete with various theories about rationality; however, the general concept of rationality is ambiguous. through exploring into the renowned schools of epistemology and philosophy of science, richard foley finds out the purpose and perspective to be constant elements in all theories of rationality. the purpose is the entity needed or desired by the individual and ca...

Medicine involves specific practical expertise as well as more general context-independent medical knowledge. This raises the question, what is the nature of the expertise involved? Is there a model of clinical judgement or understanding that can accommodate both elements? This paper begins with a summary of a published account of the kinds of situation-specific skill found in anaesthesia. It a...

Grand Rationality is dead, long live Reason! The 1960's saw the heydays of Grand Rationality in social decision-making. The planning ideal of that period has been termed " comprehensive rational approach " (Benveniste, 1989), " design school " (Mintzberg, 1994), or " technical rationality " (Schön, 1991). That ideal of rationality crumbled, much due to its inherent weaknesses. Is there at prese...

One of the qualities that employers often observe in potential graduates is ability to display soft skills such as decision-making. It suspected some personality traits, cognitive domains, and efficacy have effects on individual Such awareness expected help technical trainees establish improved decision-making styles later could a positive professional impact. The aim this study identify domain...

one of the approaches which defends the rationality of religious beliefs is the reformed epistemology. among reformed epistemologists, wolterstorff’s view is subject to less criticism. this article tries to present epistemological foundations of wolterstorff’s view by describing and analyzing the statements which he has offered in his works. wolterstorff’s epistemological foundations are explai...