Sorensen ) principles of rational belief maintenance and formation, while still others appeal to our putative capacity for self-knowledge and the first-person authority ( e . g.
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Several of Shute's novels explore the boundary between accepted science and rational belief on the one hand, and mystical or paranormal possibilities, including reincarnation, on the other hand.
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Moreover, a similar account can be given ( and an elaborate version of this has been given by Alvin Plantinga ) for such notions as'warranted belief'or'epistemically rational belief '.
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The mother lode of rigged demos is the annual Comdex computer trade show, which was held last week in Las Vegas, itself a city based on illusion, artificial enhancements and suspension of rational belief.
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I don't believe you could have listened to Mr . Moussaoui on Monday and not had concerns as to whether he was holding rational beliefs about counsel's role in this matter ."
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They considered his sentiment that high probability is required for rational belief to be repudiated by philosophical lessons such as the lottery paradox, and that each step in his argument requires principles different from those he had described.
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Philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas, restorer of rational beliefs, of a cult without images; the founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammad.
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For anyone with basic knowledge of probability, the first principle should be rejected : for a very likely event, the rational belief about that event is just that it is very likely, not that it is true.
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Clutching bibles, Roby Jan Moorhead, 45, and his wife Deborah Anne Moorhead, 34, stood impassive as Judge Rhys Harrison read the sentence, saying their refusal to allow medical treatment for the boy, Caleb, " defies rational belief ."
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Clutching Bibles, Roby Jan Moorhead, 45, and his wife Deborah Anne Moorhead, 34, stood impassive as Judge Rhys Harrison read the sentence, saying their refusal to allow medical treatment for the boy, Caleb, " defies rational belief ."
