The purpose of this stack is to facilitate assessment and argument about the credibility of witnesses.
The stack focuses on the attributes or qualities of persons or witnesses that are thought to have a bearing on the assessment of the credibility of their statements, assertions, or "reports": ability to communicate, ability to perceive, memory, objectivity and bias, and veracity (or truthfulness).
Other factors and evidence about other kinds of matters can and do influence our judgments about the truth or falsity of a testimonial report. But this stack focuses on personal qualities and attributes that affect judgments about the credibility of testimonial reports. To see how credibility analysis interacts with general argument about the probative value of evidence, go to the [forthcoming] stack "Probative Value." Credibility analysis is a specific version of a more general type of inferential argument or analysis, multi-stage inferential argument.
Note that this stack invites and requires assessment of particular testimonial reports, reports about specific matters and in specific settings. This is because the quality of the various testimonial attibutes -- objectivity, veracity, etc. -- varies and is influenced by specific attributes of the subject matter of a testimonial report; for example, the ability of a person to remember depends on whether the memory is about a violent outburst by a parent, a television soap opera, or a first romantic encounter. Similarly, a witness may be better able to describe a chair than a microchip.
cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1201730682746scripteditorvscroll 0scripteditorselection 0 gThe purpose of this stack is to facilitate assessment and argument about the credibility of witnesses. +The stack focuses on the attributes or qualities of persons or witnesses that are thought to have a bearing on the assessment of the credibility of their statements, assertions, or "reports": ability to communicate, ability to perceive, memory, objectivity and bias, and veracity (or truthfulness). 1Other factors and evidence about other kinds of matters can and do influence our judgments about the truth or falsity of a testimonial report. But this stack focuses on personal qualities and attributes that affect judgments about the credibility of testimonial reports. To see how credibility analysis interacts with general argument about the probative value of evidence, go to the [forthcoming] stack "Probative Value." Credibility analysis is a specific version of a more general type of inferential argument or analysis, multi-stage inferential argument. QNote that this stack invites and requires assessment of particular testimonial reports, reports about specific matters and in specific settings. This is because the quality of the various testimonial attibutes -- objectivity, veracity, etc. -- varies and is influenced by specific attributes of the subject matter of a testimonial report; for example, the ability of a person to remember depends on whether the memory is about a violent outburst by a parent, a television soap opera, or a first romantic encounter. Similarly, a witness may be better able to describe a chair than a microchip. Next card G h qon mouseUp visual effect dissolve slowly to center go to next card end mouseUp < 7 ! A cREVGeneral scripteditorvscroll 0 revUniqueID 1201730682747scripteditorselection 53 Previous Card G x (on mouseUp go to prev card end mouseUp 5 M # @ cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1201730682748 HCCdNmbrOfHC function cardData -- this handler stores the card data specified by the -- user. DO NOT MOVE THE POSITION OF THIS HANDLER! return "card" end cardData on newfield -- create a new openCard handler when pasted put word 1 of the long name of me into fieldType if fieldType is "Bkgnd" then set sharedText of me to true addStackScript fieldType updateCardData fieldType end newfield on deleteField removeScript end deleteField on removeScript -- removes the openCard handler added on newField put cardData() into fieldType get script of fieldType if line 1 of scriptBody(fieldType) is in it then put offset(line 1 of scriptBody(fieldType),it) into startBlock put startBlock + number of chars in scriptBody(fieldType) + \ the number of lines in scriptBody(fieldType) + 1 into endBlock delete char startBlock to endBlock of it set script of fieldType to it end if end removeScript on mouseUp -- rebuilds the openCard handler in the stack script if necessary addStackScript cardData() end mouseUp on addStackScript fieldType get script of fieldType if "openCard" is in it then if (fieldType && "field id" && id of me) is not in it then put scriptBody(fieldType) & return after char \ (offSet("openCard",it) + 8) of it set script of fieldType to it end if else if it <> empty then if last char of it = return then put return after it else put return & return after it end if -- write the full handler put "on openCard" & return & scriptBody(fieldType) & return & \ "pass openCard" & return & "end openCard" after it set script of fieldType to it end if end addStackScript function scriptBody fieldType -- returns the body of the openCard handler return "if there is a" && fieldType && "field id" && id of me & return & \ "then put" && quote & "Card" & quote && "&& the number of this card && " & \ quote & "of" & quote && "&& \" & return & "the number of cards into" && \ fieldType && "field id" && id of me end scriptBody on updateCardData fieldType -- write range back to the data handler in this script -- doesn't take effect until idle get script of me put quote & fieldType & quote into newData put newData into char offset(quote,it) to (offSet("end",it) - 2) of it set script of me to it end updateCardData ! cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1201730682749 Card 2 of 6 " Rectangle K < I| cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1201739851558 % Start analysis G h : on mouseUp visual effect dissolve and scroll left slowly go to next card visual effect dissolve and scroll left slowly go to next card end mouseUp < ' ` A cREVGeneral scripteditorvscroll 0 revUniqueID 1241139388771scripteditorselection 146 & What is this stack for? Eh i/ a Don mouseUp speakAlert "The purpose of this stack is to facilitate assessment and argument about the credibility of witnesses. The stack focuses on the attributes or qualities of persons or witnesses that are thought to have a bearing on the assessment of the credibility of their statements, assertions, or reports: factors such as the ability to communicate, ability to perceive, memory, objectivity and bias, and veracity (or truthfulness). Other factors and evidence about other kinds of matters can and do influence our judgments about the truth or falsity of a testimonial report. But this stack focuses on personal qualities and attributes that affect judgments about the credibility of testimonial reports. To see how credibility analysis interacts with general argument about the probative value of evidence, go to the [forthcoming] stack Probative Value. Credibility analysis is a specific version of a more general type of inferential argument or analysis, multi-stage inferential argument. Please note that this stack invites and requires assessment of particular testimonial reports, reports about specific matters and in specific settings. This is because the quality of the various testimonial attibutes -- objectivity, veracity, etc. -- varies and depends in part on attributes that are peculiar to a specific testimonial report; for example, the ability of a person to remember depends on whether the memory is about a violent outburst by a parent, a television soap opera, or a first romantic encounter. Similarly, a witness may be better able to describe a chair than a microchip. Well, that's abou it. You are ready to get started! So navigate to the next card and get to work!" end mouseUp on speakAlert theText if theText is empty then exit speakAlert -- skip the rest try -- in case revSpeak isn't installed revSpeak theText catch theError -- if the "revSpeak" command fails put return & "(Cannot speak text on this system.)" \ after theText beep -- make a sound to get the user's attention end try answer theText end speakAlert < 7 ` cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1241139616827scripteditorvscroll 0scripteditorselection 1347 ' Explanation G h 3 |on mouseUp visual effect dissolve and scroll left very slowly go to next card end mouseUp < 7 b A cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1241139636612scripteditorvscroll 0scripteditorselection 58 . Peter Tillers +H @@ >b # cREVTable currentview Peter Tillers - 2010 cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1241582521792 Peter Tillers - 2010 w What is this stack for? Eh k0/ a Yon mouseUp speakAlert "The purpose of this stack is to facilitate assessment and argument about the credibility of witnesses. The stack focuses on the attributes or qualities of persons or witnesses that are thought to have a bearing on the assessment of the credibility of their statements, assertions, or reports: factors such as the ability to communicate, ability to perceive, memory, objectivity and bias, and veracity (or truthfulness). Other factors and evidence about other kinds of matters can and do influence our judgments about the truth or falsity of a testimonial report. But this stack focuses on personal qualities and attributes that affect judgments about the credibility of testimonial reports. To see how credibility analysis interacts with general argument about the probative value of evidence, go to the stack Probative Value. Credibility analysis is a specific version of a more general type of inferential argument or analysis, multi-stage inferential argument. Please note that this stack invites and requires assessment of particular testimonial reports, reports about specific matters and in specific settings. This is because the quality of the various testimonial attibutes -- objectivity, veracity, etc. -- varies and depends in part on attributes that are peculiar to a specific testimonial report; for example, the ability of a person to remember depends on whether the memory is about a violent outburst by a parent, a television soap opera, or a first romantic encounter. Similarly, a witness may be better able to describe a chair than a microchip. Well, that's all I have for you now. But do not despair: you are ready to get started! So navigate to the next card and get to work!" end mouseUp on speakAlert theText if theText is empty then exit speakAlert -- skip the rest try -- in case revSpeak isn't installed revSpeak theText catch theError -- if the "revSpeak" command fails put return & "(Cannot speak text on this system.)" \ after theText beep -- make a sound to get the user's attention end try answer theText end speakAlert < ' cREVGeneral scripteditorvscroll 0 revUniqueID 1241139616827scripteditorselection 831 y Field +H ^ cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1246161835945 MAssessment of and Argument about the Credibility of the Reports of Witnesses group id 1017 i G cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1246165930002 - Peter Tillers +H @@ n # cREVGeneral revUniqueID 1241582521792 Peter Tillers - 2009 } ~ 2 HPersonal knowledge: Did the witness receive a pertinent sensory signal? E [