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Moral luck and moral performance [PDF]
, 2020 The aims of this paper are fourfold. The first aim is to characterize two distinct forms of circumstantial moral luck and illustrate how they are implicitly recognized in pre-theoretical moral thought.
Lillehammer, Hallvard
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Correlation and response in the Backgammon model: the Ehrenfest legacy [PDF]
Journal of Physics A 32, 6033 (1999), 1999 We pursue our investigation of the non-equilibrium dynamics of the Backgammon model, a dynamical urn model which exhibits aging and glassy behavior at low temperature. We present an analytical study of the scaling behavior of the local correlation and response functions of the density fluctuations of the model, and of the associated fluctuation ...
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, 2019 In this chapter, we will explore the luck at issue in Gettier-styled counterexamples and the subsequent problem it poses to any viable reductive analysis of knowledge.
Church, Ian M.
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Load Sharing in the Femur Using Strut Allografts: A Biomechanical Study
Arthroplasty Today, 2022 Background: Femoral strut allografts are used in revision hip arthroplasty for management of bone loss associated with implant failure or periprosthetic fractures.
Frances E. Sharpe, MD +3 more
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Externalism, skepticism and epistemic luck [PDF]
Filozofija i Društvo, 2011 This paper deals with the concept of epistemic luck and its place within wider philosophical debates on knowledge and skepticism. Philosophers involved in these debates share an intuition that knowledge excludes luck.
Lazović Živan
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Semi-algebraic triangulation over p-adically closed fields [PDF]
, 2017 We prove a triangulation theorem for semi-algebraic sets over a p-adically closed field, quite similar to its real counterpart. We derive from it several applications like the existence of flexible retractions and splitting for semi-algebraic sets.
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Models of competitive learning: complex dynamics, intermittent conversions and oscillatory coarsening [PDF]
Phys. Rev. E 60 (1999), 5218-5230., 1999 We present two models of competitive learning, which are respectively interfacial and cooperative learning. This learning is outcome-related, so that spatially and temporally local environments influence the conversion of a given site between one of two different types.
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Luck in Aristotle's Physics and Ethics [PDF]
, 2015 I discuss how Aristotle’s formulation of the problem of moral luck relates to his natural philosophy. I review well-known passages from Nicomachean Ethics I/X and Eudemian Ethics I/VII and Physics II, but in the main focus on EE VII 14 (= VIII 2).
Johnson, Monte
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Inequality of Opportunity and Income Redistribution [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Opportunities, such as access to education or family background, shape income inequality by influencing the chances of economic success. Unequal opportunities create uncertainty about whether success is merit- or luck-based. We examine how uncertainty impacts preferences for redistribution, comparing it to more transparent forms of luck.
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Response of non-equilibrium systems at criticality: Exact results for the Glauber-Ising chain [PDF]
Journal of Physics A 33 (2000) 1151, 1999 We investigate the non-equilibrium two-time correlation and response functions and the associated fluctuation-dissipation ratio for the ferromagnetic Ising chain with Glauber dynamics. The scaling behavior of these quantities at low temperature and large times is studied in detail. This analysis encompasses the self-similar domain-growth (aging) regime,
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