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20 June, 2019

Rawlsian Constructivism and the Assumption of Disunity

Journal of Political Philosophy, 27/1 (2019): 48–66. DOI: 10.1111/jopp.12157 Read the article: Rawlsian Constructivism and the Assumption of Disunity

Type of publication: Journal articles | Brandstedt, Eric , & Johan Brännmark
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25 October, 2022

The normality assumption in coordination games with flexible information acquisition

Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 203, 2022. Abstract Many economic models assume that random variables follow normal (Gaussian) distributions. Yet, real-world variables may be non-normally distributed.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Rigos, Alexandros
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24 May, 2018

Larry S. Temkin: Assessing the Goodness of Outcomes: Questioning Some Common Assumptions

Larry S. Temkin is Distinguished Professor at Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University.ABSTRACTThis talk explores and challenges several common assumptions regarding the assessment of outcome good

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11 September, 2020

Revisiting the Cavity-method Threshold for Random 3-SAT

Journal Version Physical Review E 99 Abstract A detailed Monte Carlo study of the satisfiability threshold for random 3-SAT has been undertaken. In combination with a monotonicity assumption we find tha

Type of publication: Journal articles | Markström, Klas , & Lundow, Per Håkan
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17 March, 2021

A patch to the possibility part of Gödel’s Ontological Proof

in Analysis, Volume 80, Issue 2 AbstractKurt Gödel’s version of the Ontological Proof derives rather than assumes the crucial (yet controversial) Possibility Claim, that is, the claim that it is possib

Type of publication: Journal articles | Gustafsson, Johan E.
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11 January, 2016

Completed: Criminal networks and social organizing

How does criminal organization, for example in street gangs, arise? By understanding how the networks work, we can also suggest crime prevention strategies.

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29 June, 2018

Margaret Moore: Towards a theory of resource justice..?

Margaret Moore, Professor in the Political Studies department at Queen’s University. Abstract This paper is interested in developing an account of resource justice, by which I mean a theory about the en

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11 September, 2020

Why Wear Blinders? Boonin and the Narrow Approach to the Non-identity Problem

Law, Ethics and Philosophy vol. 7, 102-126 Abstract Boonin endorses reasoning that leads to what he calls the Implausible Conclusion regarding when future-directed choices that at first glance seem to i

Type of publication: Journal articles | Roberts, Melinda A.
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17 June, 2019

Is risk aversion irrational? Examining the “fallacy” of large numbers

Synthese, doi.org/10.1007/s11229-018-01929-5 Abstract A moderately risk averse person may turn down a 50/50 gamble that either results in her winning $200 or losing $100. Such behaviour seems rational i

Type of publication: Journal articles | Stefánsson, H. Orri
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14 December, 2022

Three Conceptions of Law in Democratic Theory

The Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence Abstract Democratic theory tends to proceed on the assumption that law requires democratic legitimation because it is coercive. However, the claim that la

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