BACKGROUND Few longitudinal studies describe the relationship between somatic symptoms and family disagreements. We examined changes over time in somatic symptoms, family disagreements, their interrelationships, and whether these patterns differed between individuals treated for depression (depression group) and individuals from the same community (community group). METHODS We followed partic...

Belief disagreements have been suggested as a major contributing factor to the recent subprime mortgage crisis. This paper theoretically evaluates this hypothesis. I assume that optimists have limited wealth and take on leverage in order to take positions in line with their beliefs. To have a signi…cant e¤ect on asset prices, they need to borrow from traders with pessimistic beliefs using loans...

How do disagreements between judges on collegial (multimember) courts affect legal policy? We address this question by developing an account of the nature of judicial disagreements in the case-space model of judicial choice. We distinguish between different types of disagreement, from disagreements about case facts to disagreements about how legal rules should treat varying case facts, and cons...

Abstract When involved in a disagreement, common reaction is to tell oneself that, given that the information about one's own epistemic standing clearly superior both amount and quality opponent's standing, one justified confidence view correct. In line with this natural some contributors debate on its significance have claimed can stick guns by relying part first-order evidence functioning of ...