Essays about: "fallacy"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 38 essays containing the word fallacy.
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1. The Miraculous growth of the Asian Tigers - how do values contribute to development? A qualitative study on the role Asian values had on the Asian miracle
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The purpose of this study is to highlight the role and effect values had on the miraculous growth conducted in East-asia, more specifically the role Asian values had on the Four Asian Tigers. The growth that occurred during the later part of the twentieth century in these states was conducted in such a pragmatic and successful manner that the understanding of how was a poignant factor in development studies. READ MORE
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2. The Flying Man : An interpretive approach
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionenAbstract : A thought experiment by Avicenna known as the Flying man presents a hypothetical man in the air who is not aware of the existence of his body but simultaneously is aware of himself. A common objection to the Flying Man accuses Avicenna of committing an epistemic and logical fallacy known as the Masked Man. READ MORE
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3. Intention and Indiscernibilia: : Against Interpretive Intentionalism
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för estetikAbstract : What determines the meaning of a work of art? This paper considers three theories of art-critical interpretation: moderate actual intentionalism (the artist’s intention partly determines the work’s meaning), hypothetical intentionalism (the work’s meaning is the best hypothesis of what the artist could have meant), and the value-maximizing theory (interpretations which maximize the work’s value are to be preferred). I argue that moderate actual intentionalism is incoherent, collapsing either into the intentional fallacy or into an extreme form of intentionalism. READ MORE
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4. He's on Fire? Strategic Decisions and Allocation Adjustments Under the Hot Hand Fallacy
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This paper empirically explores 10 years of play-by-play data from the seasons 2011-2021 from National Basketball Association with a comprehensive dataset with 2.7 million shots to test for a hot hand, (i.e., predictability in future outcomes) using three separate models. READ MORE
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5. Deep Reinforcement Learning for Card Games
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : This project aims to investigate how reinforcement learning (RL) techniques can be applied to the card game LimitTexas Hold’em. RL is a type of machine learning that can learn to optimally solve problems that can be formulated according toa Markov Decision Process. READ MORE
