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Ramsey and Joyce on deliberation and prediction
Yang Liu, Huw Price
Sep 14, 2020
Abstract: Can an agent deliberating about an action A hold a meaningful credence that she will do A? ‘No’, say some authors, for ‘deliberation crowds out prediction’ (DCOP). Others disagree, but we argue here that such...
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A Ramsey characterisation of eventually periodic words
A factorisation $x = u_1 u_2 \cdots$ of an infinite word $x$ on alphabet $X$ is called `monochromatic', for a given colouring of the finite words $X^*$ on alphabet $X$, if each $u_i$ is the same colour. Wojcik and Zamboni proved...
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"Silence Laps Smooth Over Sound': Sound, Gender, and War, in <em>Jacob's Room</em>"
Betsy Lawson
Jan 01, 0001
In A Room of One's Own, as well as in Three Guineas, Virginia Woolf contends that the devaluing of women and the perpetuating of women's inferiority facilitate all heroic and violent action (A Room of One's Own, 36). In this...
Published by: Winthrop University
Peace, Love, and Politics: How Woodstock of 1969 Epitomized the Relationship Between Social Movements and Music
Jacklynn Ramsey
Jan 01, 0001
This research analyzes the role that music plays in social movements in the United States, focusing on Woodstock of 1969 as a pivotal moment. By examining the 1969 Woodstock through an academic lens, I illustrate the intrinsic...
Published by: Ursinus College
Observing Action Sequences Elicits Sequence-Specific Neural Representations in Frontoparietal Brain Regions.
Learning new skills by watching others is important for social and motor development throughout the lifespan. Prior research has suggested that observational learning shares common substrates with physical practice at both...
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AH Welcomes New Editor
Sean McGrath
Apr 21, 2021
It is my pleasure to introduce AH12, The Phenomenology of Ludwig Landgrebe,guest edited by Sylvain Camilleri. This thorough and scholarly study will be formany an introduction to the important work of Landgrebe, who was...
AH Welcomes New Editor
Sean McGrath
Apr 21, 2021
It is my pleasure to introduce AH12, The Phenomenology of Ludwig Landgrebe,guest edited by Sylvain Camilleri. This thorough and scholarly study will be formany an introduction to the important work of Landgrebe, who was...
Risk, Reliability and Resilience
'Neolithization' pathway refers to the development of adaptations that characterized subsequent Neolithic life, sedentary occupations, and agriculture. In the Levant, the origins of these human behaviors are widely argued to...
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ASC Grants Prompt Artistic Exploration for Faculty, Staff, Alumni
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Two faculty/staff members received grants: Shaun Cassidy and Chris O'Neill '98, '10. Two alumni received grants: Holly Glasscock '86 and Betsy Birkner '97.
Published by: Winthrop University
Atmospheric CO2 effect on stable carbon isotope composition of terrestrial fossil archives.
The 13C/12C ratio of C3 plant matter is thought to be controlled by the isotopic composition of atmospheric CO2 and stomatal response to environmental conditions, particularly mean annual precipitation (MAP). The effect of CO2...
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Father Establishes Scholarship to Honor Late Alumna, Educator
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Elizabeth "Betsy" Thomson graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in special education. She taught at the Metro School in Charlotte and Nation Ford High School. The scholarship is for nontraditional students majoring in...
Published by: Winthrop University
The chronology of reindeer hunting on Norway's highest ice patches.
The melting of perennial ice patches globally is uncovering a fragile record of alpine activity, especially hunting and the use of mountain passes. When rescued by systematic fieldwork (glacial archaeology), this evidence opens...
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Towards an understanding of molecule capture by the antennae of male beetles belonging to the Genus <i>Rhipicera</i> (Coleoptera, Rhipiceridae)

Working on the hypothesis that an important function of the lamellate antennae of adult male beetles belonging to the genus Rhipicera is to detect scent associated with female conspecifics, and using field observations...

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Archaeobotanical evidence reveals the origins of bread 14,400 years ago in northeastern Jordan.
The origins of bread have long been associated with the emergence of agriculture and cereal domestication during the Neolithic in southwest Asia. In this study we analyze a total of 24 charred food remains from Shubayqa 1, a...
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Trading-off generations
The prevailing literature discusses intergenerational trade-offs in climate change predominantly in terms of the Ramsey equation relying on the infinitely lived agent model. We discuss these trade-offs in a continuous time OLG...
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Communication, Apology, and Resolution
Communication and resolution programs are gaining acceptance as an alternative to more traditional deny-and-defend practices after a patient is harmed during medical care. In Massachusetts, the Betsy Lehman Center for Patient...

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