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Diversity Of Judgments: Reason And Emotions In Forensic Practice, Serena Tomasi
Diversity Of Judgments: Reason And Emotions In Forensic Practice, Serena Tomasi
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This paper questions the role of emotions in judicial persuasion: first, I will provide a brief overview of affective states, focusing on the structure of s.c. epistemic feelings; then, I will present some experiments which are going to be developed in a current research-project in a local court in Italy, to understand the interpersonal effects of epistemic feelings on judicial persuasion; finally, I will draw conclusive reflections on the relationship between forensic rhetoric and emotion.
“Identity-Based” And “Diversity-Based” Evidence Between Linear And Fractal Rationality, Maurizio Manzin
“Identity-Based” And “Diversity-Based” Evidence Between Linear And Fractal Rationality, Maurizio Manzin
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I identify two types of evidence: one based on “linear” rationality (LR) and the other based on “fractal” rationality (FR). For LR, evidence depends only on systematic coherence, and all other sources of knowledge (intuitive, perceptive, symbolic, poetic, moral, etc.) are marginalized. For FR, evidence requires an approach more adherent to the “irregularities” of life. LR philosophically entails a Neoplatonist and Cartesian account on identity, whereas FR entails Plato’s account on identity and diversity as coessential.