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1997
Pelletier, Francis J., Elio, Renée
This study examines the problem of belief revision, defined as deciding which of several initially accepted sentences to disbelieve, when new information presents a logical inconsistency with the initial set. In the first three experiments, the initial sentence set included a conditional...
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Factors affecting the detectability and eastern distribution of grizzly bears in Alberta, Canada
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Effective and adaptive conservation of a species requires knowledge of trend in abundance and distribution. Monitoring species that are highly mobile, cryptic, and occurring at low densities is especially challenging. This research investigates the local factors affecting the detectability of...
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1989
One of the great unsolved mysteries of Dewey scholarship is the date of Dewey's rejection of absolute idealism. The earliest explicit indication that a break had occurred appeared in the 1903 Studies in Logical Theory. Presumably, Dewey had converted from idealism to instrumentalism sometime...
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Gender and dominance in action: World view and emotional affect in language processing and use
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This dissertation examines the association between the emotional dominance of verbs and the perception, or inference, of character gender. In the context of this dissertation, emotional dominance is described as the perceived level of power, or control, exerted by a verb. I hypothesize that when...
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Fall 2019
Creating strong AI systems for trick-taking card games is challenging. This is mostly due to the long action sequences and extremely large information sets common in this type of game. Thus far, search-based methods have shown to be most effective in this domain. In this thesis, I explore...
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Spring 2019
Current state-of-the-art algorithms for trick-taking card games use a process called determinization. Determinization is a technique that allows the application of perfect information state evaluation algorithms to imperfect information games. It involves a two-step process in which a perfect...
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Spring 2019
Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a complex debilitating condition presenting with a diverse array of symptoms that include fatigue, memory and cognitive difficulties, headaches, sleep disturbances, gastrointestinal problems, skin rashes, as well as musculoskeletal/joint pain. It affects up to one third...
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Scientific reasoning is material inference: Combining confirmation, discovery, and explanation
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Whereas an inference (deductive as well as inductive) is usually viewed as being valid in virtue of its argument form, the present paper argues that scientific reasoning is material inference, i.e., justified in virtue of its content. A material inference is licensed by the empirical content...