Robert van Rooij presents an original framework dealing with the formalization of vague predicates. His solution is based on a non-classical entailment, which he calls tolerant entailment. The author thoroughly discusses the relation of his solution to the major approaches to vagueness (supervaluationism, contextualism, epistemic approaches, . . . ) and gives an analysis of higher order vaguene...

Speed and Mannion make a good case that the rise of populism poses significant challenges for health policy. This commentary suggests that the link between populism and health policy should be further nuanced in four ways. First, a deconstruction of the term populism itself and a focus on the far right dimension of populist politics; second, a focus on the supply side and more specifically the ...

The Web has become the most important information source for most of us. Unfortunately, there is no guarantee for the correctness of information on the Web. Moreover, different websites often provide conflicting information on a subject. Several truth discovery methods have been proposed for various scenarios, and they have been successfully applied in diverse application domains. In this paper...

molavi's theological and mystical point of view on determinism is different. he criticizes of theological determinism, but advocates of mystical determinism. molavi refuses the determinists' belief about determinism because it has unfavorable results in worldly and eternal life. but he accepts the free and amorous determinism of mystics. his reasons in refusing theological determinism...

the basic aim of this research is description and deduction of principles, aims, and methods based on the epistemological foundations of farabi in fusus al-hikmah. to get this aim, the method was documentary analysis and deduction. findings show that: necessary being is aware of all contingent beings, there is a unity between the essence of god as a ultimate truth and his knowledge, necessary b...