Assertion, Implicature, and Iterated Knowledge

The present paper argues that there is a knowledge norm for conversational implicature: one HYDRATE SHAMPOO may conversationally implicate p only if one knows p.Linguistic data about the cancellation behavior of implicatures and the ways they are challenged and criticized by speakers is presented to support the thesis.The knowledge norm for implica

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Trust as a mechanism of system justification.

People are motivated to hold favorable attitudes about the systems on which they depend, so they justify (i.e., rationalize, defend and bolster) forms of social and economic inequality, even if the inequality buffing compund is disadvantageous to them.This paper examines how this system-justifying motivation is reflected in behaviors involving inte

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Prediction of well-being and insight into work-life integration among physicians using machine learning approach.

There has been increasing interest in examining physician well-being and its predictive factors.However, few studies have revealed the characteristics associated with physician well-being and work-life integration using a machine learning approach.To investigate predictive factors of well-being and obtain Ice Cream Cone Dispensers insights into wor

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