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The many moral defects of Sancho from the perspective of Virtue-Ethics: Aristotelianism, Stoicism, Platonism and Skepticism

open access: yes, 2019
The paper takes onto account the four main moral theories of the time (stoicism, skepticism, aristotelianism and neo-platonism) in order to show that according to all four Sancho‟s character is terrible in part I and it improves significantly in part II.
Lorca, Daniel
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Inference and Imagination

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Our ability to imagine alternatives to reality is central to everyday cognition. Our competence in reasoning depends not only on our capacity to envisage the relevant facts, but also on our proficiency in simulating alternatives to them. I discuss how our skill in making deductive inferences depends on imagining possibilities. To illustrate, I
Ruth M. J. Byrne
wiley   +1 more source

An Aristotelian Account of Autonomy [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Value Inquiry, 2008
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The Plagiarist in the Machine? Generative AI and the Will to Fail

open access: yesFuture Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 2, November 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper argues that the real challenge posed by Large Language Models (LLMs) in Higher Education lies not in their potential for plagiarism, but in their creation of a new form of writing that is indistinguishable in the traditional essay.
Matthew J. Barnard, Keith Crome
wiley   +1 more source

The Concept of Revolution in the Sciences: Michael Polanyi's Differences With Thomas Kuhn on Scientific Revolutions

open access: yesNatural Sciences, Volume 6, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962) was a blockbuster publication that problematized notions about the origins and nature of scientific revolutions. What became Kuhn's famous rubrics of “normal science” and “paradigms” were similar to concepts of “tacit knowledge” and scientific “frameworks” or “dogmas” in Michael ...
Mary Jo Nye
wiley   +1 more source

Contradicting Kuhn's Popular Notion of Scientific Revolution: Conservative Revolutionaries in the History of Biology

open access: yesNatural Sciences, Volume 6, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Proposing the concept of a conservative revolutionary generally and using the examples of Gregor Mendel, Max Delbrück, and Eric Davidson, I fundamentally call into question Thomas Kuhn's ideas of scientific revolutions. I also highlight some problematic consequences of the increasing appreciation of Kuhn's work among scientists and show that ...
Ute Deichmann
wiley   +1 more source

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