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  1. Agnosticism.Graham Oppy - forthcoming - KİLİKYA JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY.
    I endorse the following claims in this paper. (1) Agnosticism is suspension of judgment on existence claims concerning gods and God. (2) Historical agnostics accepted (1) but unwisely insisted on further conditions best set aside. (3) Particular case agnosticism is less problematic than general principle-based agnosticism. (4) Agnostics should suspend judgment on—or, on occasion, reject—atomic claims of the form ‘God is F’.
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  2. Conventionalising rebirth: Buddhist agnosticism and the doctrine of two truths.Bronwyn Finnigan - forthcoming - In Yujin Nagasawa & Mohammad Saleh Zarepour (eds.), Global Dialogues in the Philosophy of Religion: from Religious Experience to the Afterlife. Oxford University Press.
    What should the Buddhist attitude be to rebirth if it is believed to be inconsistent with current science? This chapter critically engages forms of Buddhist agnosticism that adopt a position of uncertainty about rebirth but nevertheless recommend ‘behaving as if’ it were true. What does it mean to behave as if rebirth were true, and are Buddhist agnostics justified in adopting this position? This chapter engages this question in dialogue with Mark Siderits’ reductionist analysis of the Buddhist doctrine of (...)
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  3. Weak agnosticism defended.Graham Oppy - 1994 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 36 (3):147 - 167.
    Agnosticism has had some bad press in recent years. Nonetheless, I hope to show that agnosticism can be so formulated that it is no less philosophically respectable than theism and atheism. This is not a mere philosophical exercise; for, as it happens, the formulated position is--I think--the one to which I subscribe. I include a qualification here since it may be that the position to which I subscribe is better characterised as fallibilist atheism--but more of that anon.
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  4. The Varieties of Agnosticism.Filippo Ferrari & Luca Incurvati - 2022 - Philosophical Quarterly 72 (2):365-380.
    We provide a framework for understanding agnosticism. The framework accounts for the varieties of agnosticism while vindicating the unity of the phenomenon. This combination of unity and plurality is achieved by taking the varieties of agnosticism to be represented by several agnostic stances, all of which share a common core provided by what we call the minimal agnostic attitude. We illustrate the fruitfulness of the framework by showing how it can be applied to several philosophical debates. In (...)
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  5. Logical Principles of Agnosticism.Luis Rosa - 2019 - Erkenntnis 84 (6):1263-1283.
    Logic arguably plays a role in the normativity of reasoning. In particular, there are plausible norms of belief/disbelief whose antecedents are constituted by claims about what follows from what. But is logic also relevant to the normativity of agnostic attitudes? The question here is whether logical entailment also puts constraints on what kinds of things one can suspend judgment about. In this paper I address that question and I give a positive answer to it. In particular, I advance two logical (...)
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    The questioning-attitude account of agnosticism.Avery Archer - 2022 - Synthese 200 (6):1-15.
    I defend a proposition-directed, sui generis account of agnosticism, according to which being agnostic about some proposition, P, involves a sceptical or questioning mental stance towards both the truth and falsity of P. Call this the questioning-attitude account. The questioning-attitude account contrasts with the question-directed attitude account of Jane Friedman, which holds that the object of agnosticism is a question rather than a proposition. I argue that the questioning-attitude account not only avoids a major weakness of Friedman’s question-directed (...)
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    A Characterisation of Some $$\mathbf {Z}$$ Z -Like Logics.Krystyna Mruczek-Nasieniewska & Marek Nasieniewski - 2018 - Logica Universalis 12 (1-2):207-219.
    In Béziau a logic \ was defined with the help of the modal logic \. In it, the negation operator is understood as meaning ‘it is not necessary that’. The strong soundness–completeness result for \ with respect to a version of Kripke semantics was also given there. Following the formulation of \ we can talk about \-like logics or Beziau-style logics if we consider other modal logics instead of \—such a possibility has been mentioned in [1]. The correspondence result between (...)
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    Probabilistic characterisation of models of first-order theories.Soroush Rafiee Rad - 2021 - Annals of Pure and Applied Logic 172 (1):102875.
    We study probabilistic characterisation of a random model of a finite set of first order axioms. Given a set of first order axioms.
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    The characterisation of structure: Definition versus axiomatisation.F. A. Muller - 2010 - In F. Stadler, D. Dieks, W. Gonzales, S. Hartmann, T. Uebel & M. Weber (eds.), The Present Situation in the Philosophy of Science. Springer. pp. 399--416.
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    Characterisation of the effects of coronavirus pandemic on construction projects delivery.Dorcas Titilayo Moyanga, Lekan Damilola Ojo, Oluwadamilare Olamide Ilesanmi & Ahmed Elyamany - 2024 - International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics 18 (2):169-187.
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    Characterisation of organisational issues in paediatric clinical ethics consultation: a qualitative study.D. J. Opel, B. S. Wilfond, D. Brownstein, D. S. Diekema & R. A. Pearlman - 2009 - Journal of Medical Ethics 35 (8):477-482.
    Background: The traditional approach to resolving ethics concerns may not address underlying organisational issues involved in the evolution of these concerns. This represents a missed opportunity to improve quality of care “upstream”. The purpose of this study was to understand better which organisational issues may contribute to ethics concerns. Methods: Directed content analysis was used to review ethics consultation notes from an academic children’s hospital from 1996 to 2006 (N = 71). The analysis utilised 18 categories of organisational issues derived (...)
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    Nonstandard characterisations of tensor products and monads in the theory of ultrafilters.Lorenzo Luperi Baglini - 2019 - Mathematical Logic Quarterly 65 (3):347-369.
    We use nonstandard methods, based on iterated hyperextensions, to develop applications to Ramsey theory of the theory of monads of ultrafilters. This is performed by studying in detail arbitrary tensor products of ultrafilters, as well as by characterising their combinatorial properties by means of their monads. This extends to arbitrary sets and properties methods previously used to study partition regular Diophantine equations on. Several applications are described by means of multiple examples.
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    Characterisation of normal and cancer stem cells: One experimental paradigm for two kinds of stem cells.Jean-François Mayol, Corinne Loeuillet, Francis Hérodin & Didier Wion - 2009 - Bioessays 31 (9):993-1001.
    The characterisation of normal stem cells and cancer stem cells uses the same paradigm. These cells are isolated by a fluorescence‐activated cell sorting step and their stemness is assayed following implantation into animals. However, differences exist between these two kinds of stem cells. Therefore, the translation of the experimental procedures used for normal stem cell isolation into the research field of cancer stem cells is a potential source of artefacts. In addition, normal stem cell therapy has the objective of (...)
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    The characterisation of the Spiritual Christian: In conversation with God according to 1 Corinthians 2.Dirk van der Merwe - 2018 - HTS Theological Studies 74 (3):10.
    Irrespective of the short academic history of Christian spirituality, a vast number of academic and popular publications ensued and is still dynamically growing. Many definitions have been proposed to define (Christian) spirituality. Spirituality is also no longer connected only to religion, although in this research the focus will fall on Christian spirituality. This research intends to partake in the continuing academic dialogue to define Christian spirituality. Christian spirituality is interpreted from the perspective of the divine-human conversation. This research consists of (...)
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  15. Logical Characterisation of Possibilistic and Probabilistic Descriptions of Events in Description Logics.Farshad Badie - forthcoming - Bulletin of the Section of Logic.
    Description Logics (DLs) are a family of formal knowledge representation formalisms and the most well-known formalisms in semantics-based systems. The central focus of this research is on logical-terminological characterisation/analysis of possibilistic and probabilistic descriptions of events in DLs. Based on a logical characterisation of the concept of `being', this paper conceptualises events within DLs world descriptions. Accordingly, it deals with the concepts of `possibility of events' and `probability of events'. The main goal of this research is to investigate (...)
     
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    Cognitive characterisation of basic grammatical structures.Pablo Gamallo Otero - 2003 - Pragmatics and Cognition 11 (2):209-239.
    We describe the role of morphosyntactic categories and syntactic dependencies in the process of semantically interpreting composite expressions. Special attention will be paid to the combinatorial properties conveyed by morphosyntactic categories such as nominals and verbs, as well as by syntactic dependencies like subject, direct object, or nominal modification. The semantic characterisation of these grammatical structures is based on cognitive abilities and abstract conceptualisations. This will provide us with theoretical arguments to review and extend some basic assumptions of Cognitive (...)
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    A characterisation of elementary fibrations.Jacopo Emmenegger, Fabio Pasquali & Giuseppe Rosolini - 2022 - Annals of Pure and Applied Logic 173 (6):103103.
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    Logical Characterisation of Concept Transformations from Human into Machine Relying on Predicate Logic.Farshad Badie - 2016 - In ACHI 2016 : The Ninth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions. pp. 376-379.
    Providing more human-like concept learning in machines has always been one of the most significant goals of machine learning paradigms and of human-machine interaction techniques. This article attempts to provide a logical specification of conceptual mappings from humans’ minds into machines’ knowledge bases. We will focus on the representation of the mappings (transformations) relying on First-Order Predicate Logic. Additionally, the structure of concepts in the common ground between humans and machines will be analysed. It seems quite necessary to pay attention (...)
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    Characterisation of the effects of coronavirus pandemic on construction projects delivery.Dorcas Titilayo Moyanga, Oluwadamilare Olamide Ilesanmi, Ahmed Elyamany & Lekan Damilola Ojo - 2022 - International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics 1 (1):1.
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    Microstructural characterisation of proton irradiated niobium using X-ray diffraction technique.Argha Dutta, N. Gayathri, S. Neogy & P. Mukherjee - forthcoming - Philosophical Magazine:1-22.
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    Cognitive characterisation of basic grammatical structures.Pablo Gamallo Otero - 2003 - Pragmatics and Cognition 11 (2):209-239.
    We describe the role of morphosyntactic categories and syntactic dependencies in the process of semantically interpreting composite expressions. Special attention will be paid to the combinatorial properties conveyed by morphosyntactic categories such as nominals and verbs, as well as by syntactic dependencies like subject, direct object, or nominal modification. The semantic characterisation of these grammatical structures is based on cognitive abilities and abstract conceptualisations. This will provide us with theoretical arguments to review and extend some basic assumptions of Cognitive (...)
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    The characterisation of the Spiritual Christian: In conversation with God according to 1 Corinthians 2.Dirk van der Merwe - 2018 - HTS Theological Studies 74 (3):10.
    Irrespective of the short academic history of Christian spirituality, a vast number of academic and popular publications ensued and is still dynamically growing. Many definitions have been proposed to define (Christian) spirituality. Spirituality is also no longer connected only to religion, although in this research the focus will fall on Christian spirituality. This research intends to partake in the continuing academic dialogue to define Christian spirituality. Christian spirituality is interpreted from the perspective of the divine-human conversation. This research consists of (...)
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    The way out of agnosticism: or, The philosophy of free religion.Francis Ellingwood Abbot - 1890 - New York: AMS Press.
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    Challenges: Characterisation of engineered proteins: Some critical reflections.Kurt E. J. Dittmer & Paul Woolley - 1990 - Bioessays 12 (1):47-49.
    This essay is an attempt to point up the gap between, on the one hand, the methods currently available to the biologist in the laboratory and, on the other, the kind of data that he or she would need in order to characterise genetically engineered proteins of topical biological interest in such a way as to make use of the techniques of protein engineering.
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    Syntactic characterisations of amalgamation, convexity and related properties.Paul D. Bacsich & Dafydd Rowlands Hughes - 1974 - Journal of Symbolic Logic 39 (3):433-451.
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    Characterisation of Thomas in the Fourth Gospel.Johnson Thomaskutty - 2020 - HTS Theological Studies 76 (1):1-8.
    Thomas appears four times within the narrative framework of the Fourth Gospel. His presence in the Gospel introduces some of the strategic transitions within the macro-narrative structure. The following are some of the crucial moments that are introduced through the entry of Thomas: firstly, Thomas' character is brought to the foreground towards the end of Jesus' public ministry, where a transition is underway through Lazarus' death and raising to Jesus' death and resurrection ; secondly, he appears as a significant interlocutor (...)
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    The attitude of agnosticism.Avery Archer (ed.) - 2024 - New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
    We often describe ourselves as agnostic on a wide range of questions, such as does God exist, is String Theory true, or will the President win re-election? But what does it mean to be agnostic and when is agnosticism justified? This monograph addresses these and related questions.
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    Microstructural characterisation of a commercial Al–Cu–Mg alloy combining transmission electron microscopy and positron annihilation spectroscopy.A. Tolley, R. Ferragut & A. Somoza - 2009 - Philosophical Magazine 89 (13):1095-1110.
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    Characterisation of health and social development.Rmvr Almeida, Mae Thamer & Ernst O. Attinger - 1992 - Journal of Biosocial Science 24 (1):1-8.
  30. On the Incoherence of Agnosticism.Mike Almeida - manuscript
    Most theists do not put a (subjective) probability of 1 (certainty) on God's existence. Most atheists do not put a probability of 0 on God's existence. I argue that these familiar positions are incoherent. On the assumption of S5 and the probability calculus it can be shown that the only coherent (subjective) probabilities an agent can assign to God's existence/non-existence are 0 or 1. Believers must be completely committed believers and non-believers must be completely committed non-believers. Agnosticism is not (...)
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    Contemporary Characterisations of the 'Philosophy' of Nikayan Buddhism.Peter Harvey - 1995 - Buddhist Studies Review 12 (2):109-133.
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    The Characterisation of American Philosophy: The African World as a Reality in American Philosophy.Leonard Harris - 1988 - Quest - and African Journal of Philosophy 2 (1):25-38.
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    Characterisation of case depth in induction-hardened medium carbon steels based on magnetic minor hysteresis loop measurement technique.Cunfu He, Meng Yang, Xiucheng Liu, Xueqian Wang & Bin Wu - 2017 - Philosophical Magazine 97 (31):2829-2844.
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    The characterisation of atomic structure and glass-forming ability of the Zr–Cu–Co metallic glasses studied by molecular dynamics simulations.M. Celtek & S. Sengul - forthcoming - Philosophical Magazine:1-20.
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    Micromechanical characterisation of TRIP-assisted multiphase steels byin situneutron diffraction.P. J. Jacques, Q. Furnemont, S. Godet, T. Pardoen, K. T. Conlon & F. Delannay - 2006 - Philosophical Magazine 86 (16):2371-2392.
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    Thermal characterisation of dye-intercalated K-10 montmorillonite ceramics using photoacoustic technique.L. K. Joseph, G. Sanjay, H. Suja, S. Sugunan, V. P. N. Nampoori & P. Radhakrishnan - 2009 - Philosophical Magazine 89 (10):895-905.
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    Characterisation of ZnO nanorod arrays grown by a low temperature hydrothermal method.S. Kahraman, H. A. Çetinkara, F. Bayansal, H. M. Çakmak & H. S. Güder - 2012 - Philosophical Magazine 92 (17):2150-2163.
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    Multiscale characterisation of diffuse granular failure.Antoinette Tordesillas, Sebastian Pucilowski, Luc Sibille, François Nicot & Félix Darve - 2012 - Philosophical Magazine 92 (36):4547-4587.
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    Valence characterisation of the subsurface region in.P. Lutz, M. Thees, T. R. F. Peixoto, B. Y. Kang, B. K. Cho, Chul Hee Min & F. Reinert - forthcoming - Philosophical Magazine:1-15.
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    Tribological characterisation of Zr-based bulk metallic glass in simulated physiological media.Q. Chen, K. C. Chan & L. Liu - 2011 - Philosophical Magazine 91 (28):3705-3715.
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    A Characterisation of Boolean Lattices and Rings.M. H. A. Newman - 1942 - Journal of Symbolic Logic 7 (3):123-124.
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    The Possibility of Agnosticism: Russell’s Retreat from Atheism.Michael D. Garral - 2012 - International Philosophical Quarterly 52 (3):355-371.
    Russell espouses atheism; indeed he regards it as the default. However, he also lays claim to agnosticism, backing into it by way of the argument from ignorance. This essay asserts that in light of how he frames the relationship between atheism and agnosticism, the latter is not the available alternative that he and his assessors assume it is—not because its stance is indefensible, but because of what, given his point of origin, he has to hold in order for (...)
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    Admissibility and refutation: some characterisations of intermediate logics.Jeroen P. Goudsmit - 2014 - Archive for Mathematical Logic 53 (7-8):779-808.
    Refutation systems are formal systems for inferring the falsity of formulae. These systems can, in particular, be used to syntactically characterise logics. In this paper, we explore the close connection between refutation systems and admissible rules. We develop technical machinery to construct refutation systems, employing techniques from the study of admissible rules. Concretely, we provide a refutation system for the intermediate logics of bounded branching, known as the Gabbay–de Jongh logics. We show that this gives a characterisation of these (...)
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    A Formal Characterisation Of Institutionalised Power.Andrew Jones & Marek Sergot - 1996 - Logic Journal of the IGPL 4 (3):427-443.
    We extend the monotonic and regular modal logics to the multi-modal cue, and give semantical characterization w.r.t. a semantics of minimal frames. For this we introduce a calculus over neighbourhoods and we obtain simpler conditions than those from the literature.
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    An accuracy characterisation of approximate coherence.Giacomo Molinari - 2024 - Synthese 203 (2):1-25.
    Accuracy-first epistemologists argue that rational agents have probabilistically coherent credences. But why should we care, given that we can’t help being incoherent? A common answer: probabilistic coherence is an ideal to be approximated as best one can. De Bona (in: Philos Sci 84(2), 189–213, 2017) and Staffel (in: Unsettled thoughts: a theory of degrees of rationality, Oxford University Press, 2019) show how accuracy-firsters can spell out this answer by adopting an appropriate notion of approximate coherence. In this essay, I argue (...)
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    Review of Agnosticism[REVIEW]John Grier Hibben - 1903 - Psychological Review 10 (5):565-568.
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    A logical characterisation of qualitative coalitional games.Paul E. Dunne, Wiebe van der Hoek & Michael Wooldridge - 2007 - Journal of Applied Non-Classical Logics 17 (4):477-509.
    Qualitative coalitional games (QCGs) were introduced as abstract formal models of goal-oriented cooperative systems. A QCG is a game in which each agent is assumed to have some goal to achieve, and in which agents must typically cooperate with others in order to satisfy their goals. In this paper, we show how it is possible to reason about QCGs using Coalition Logic (CL), a formalism intended to facilitate reasoning about coalitional powers in game-like multiagent systems. We introduce a correspondence relation (...)
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    The Reasonableness of Agnosticism.Alan Brinton - 1984 - Religious Studies 20 (4):627 - 630.
    Agnostics often hold that, since there is not a clear preponderance of evidence either in favour of theistic belief or against it, their position of suspended belief is more rational than either theism or atheism. I would like to examine an objection raised recently by Clement Dore against the agnostic's reasoning on this matter.
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  49. The roots of agnosticism in the 19th century's English thought.J. V. Lombrana - 2006 - Pensamiento 62 (232):89-119.
     
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    The Origins of Agnosticism: Victorian Unbelief and the Limits of KnowledgeBernard Lightman.James R. Moore - 1988 - Isis 79 (3):510-511.
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