Browsing by Subject "Belief"

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Are fictional emotions SUI generis?
(2018-05) Arıcan, Bensu
In this master‟s thesis, I address the question whether fictional emotions are sui generis or whether they are reducible to genuine emotions. I argue that we can neither put fictional emotions in a different category nor we can reduce them to genuine emotions. The reason is that since there is a continuum between belief and imagination, there is also a continuum between fictional and genuine emotions. To defend my argument I take into account of Susanna Schellenberg‟s continuum thesis (SCT) on belief and imagination and my argument relies on a slightly reconsidered version (RCT) of SCT. I suggest that an analysis of how the mind of the Reality TV Show audience is, which might be put forth as a new miscegenated genre, supports the RCT. Furthermore, I believe that recognizing the continuity between fictional and genuine emotions should lead us to reconsider on responses to the paradox of fiction.
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Do we have anything left to believe?
(2003) Gökçe, Y.
In this paper, the stories known as "Urban Legends" were examined by the terms of common properties, sources and healing effects in society.
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The formation of Alevi syncretism
(2006) Selmanpakoğlu, Ceren
The aim of this study is to explore the formation of Alevi syncretism by examining historical facts and religious interactions. By understanding how Alevis adapted various cultural, religious and social phenomena, and how they have reflected these phenomena on their practices and social representation, almost ten-century-old heterodox Alevi syncretism’s nature will be comprehended. Since the Cem Ceremony signifies the reflection and representation of all influential features’ unification, it has a significant role in Alevi understanding. The concept of syncretism, which indicates Alevis’ opposition to the concepts like ‘true faith’ and ‘absolute Truth’ of orthodoxy, reveals itself throughout the study. Like in the notion of birlik (oneness) of God-human-universe, with its inextricable components Alevism represents the ‘unity’ of all religious and political features that contributed to its formation.
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How to be fragmented?
(2018-05) Eroğlu, Ali Kerem
Actual human agents have limited cognitive capacity. They might display deductive failure, contradictory beliefs and imperfect recall. These and other similar cases raise a problem for idealized models of belief and behavior. The purpose of this thesis is to provide a way to accommodate these cases through a model of belief formation and retrieval based on information access. I will argue that belief formation and retrieval are sensitive to the informational context within which they take place. Human agents deploy information relative to the set of possibilities they take to be relevant.
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Kabullenme mücadelesi veren bir din: Yehova şahitleri ve Türkiye’deki konumları
(Bilkent University, 2023) Bozdağ, Ahmet; Görmüş, Alp; Özkurt, Lâl Zeren; Yılmaz, Sena
Bu makale, azınlıkta kalan dini gruplardan biri olan Yehova Şahitlerinin Türkiye’deki durumu ve faaliyetleri hakkında detaylı bilgi verecektir. 1931’de kuruluşundan bu yana Türkiye’de kabul edilme süreçleri, hukuki süreçleri, Türkiye’de yayılmaları ve misyonerlik faaliyetlerine dair bilgilendirme yapacaktır. İnançları gereği özellikle 1980’lerde çeşitli zorluklar yaşayan Yehova Şahitleri, birçok dava görmüş ve hepsini kazanmıştır. Bu davalardan birkaçı hem röportajla desteklenerek incelenmiştir. Kan vermenin ve almanın dinlerince yasak olmasına değinilmiş ve tedavileri hakkındaki yaşadıkları zorluklardan bahsedilmiştir.
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Science Teachers’ beliefs and attitudes towards the use of interactive whiteboards in education
(Ekip Ltd. Şti, 2019) Anatürk Tombak, Canan; Ateşkan, Armağan
This study aimed to explore the beliefs and attitudes of 36 science teachers (biology, physics and chemistry) in six high schools in Ankara towards the use of Interactive White Boards (IWB). Of these, three teachers from each school were chosen for interview and classroom observations according to their questionnaire results with purposeful sampling method. The results were analyzed with descriptive statistics and qualitative data analysis methods. According to the results, teachers agree that using IWBs facilitate reaching different sources and display them to the whole class immediately. Teachers describe the common use of IWBs as showing visual materials, videos and animations in science classes. The majority of teachers enjoy using the IWB technology and express positive feelings about it. Most teachers state that they follow the advances in educational technology regularly. Since the frequencies are approximately equal, no meaningful difference was found between teachers with different majors on staying current with technology. The findings show that biology and chemistry teachers use IWB more frequently than physics teachers. Although the teachers have positive attitudes towards the use of IWBs, it was seen that most of them do not feel comfortable while using them in the classrooms. The interviews indicate the reason for that as insufficient in-service trainings.