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Framing the tendency to betray one's good intentions. Akrasia as a dialogical dynamic
Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Volume 53, Issue 3, Page 399-416, September 2023., 2023 Abstract Akrasia, otherwise known as ‘weakness of will’, is a state of mind whereby people act deliberately against their better judgment. This paper aims to provide a conceptual framework for understanding akrasia from psychosocial perspectives that assume the self is multiple and strongly interconnected with the relational flow of which it is a part.
Diego Romaioli
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, 2016 Plato's dialogues use several terms for the concept of well-being, which concept plays a central ethical role as the ultimate goal for action and a central political role as the proper aim for states. But the dialogues also reveal sharp debate about what
Brown, Eric
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PROTAGORAS AND THE BEGINNINGS OF GRAMMAR
Cambridge Classical Journal, 2021 Offering a re-evaluation of all the available evidence, including passages from Aristotle's Rhetoric, Poetics and Sophistici Elenchi, Diogenes Laertius’ biographical sketch as well as the grammar scene in Aristophanes’ Clouds, this article argues that ...
L. Huitink, A. Willi
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Tackling a lingering infirmity: On the nature and warrant of action research in education
British Educational Research Journal, Volume 49, Issue 3, Page 439-454, June 2023., 2023 Abstract The BERA initiative on promoting Close‐to‐Practice (CtP) research raises new challenges for action research, particularly as uncertainties about the standing and rigour of action research were expressed in the report of the education panel for the 2015 Research Excellence Framework (REF) in the United Kingdom.
Padraig Hogan, Anthony Malone
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Plato a Disciple of Protagoras? More on the Great Speech of the Protagoras
Peitho, 2013 The great speech of the Protagoras (320c–328d) still leaves many questions open. Particularly striking is the presence of doctrines that later on will be taken up and further developed by Plato in such dialogues as the Politicus, the Timaeus and the Laws.
Michele Corradi
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Human measure and natural fecundity: Mythos and logos in the past and future of the humanities
Future Humanities, Volume 1, Issue 1, April 2023., 2023 Abstract The beginnings of social forms are shrouded in, and justified by, myths which establish both the manifest content of stories and religion. The replacement of myth by logic is never total and the role of logic depends upon the mythic origin that it partially replaces.
Ian Angus
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SPIRITUALITY AND TECHNOLOGY: A THREEFOLD PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTION
Zygon®, Volume 58, Issue 1, Page 6-22, March 2023., 2023 Abstract Despite the prominent role that technology plays in twenty‐first‐century societies, the intersections between spirituality and technology have been poorly analyzed. This article develops a cross‐reflection between these two key anthropological aspects, using a philosophical approach that structures the analysis along three classical categories:
Gabriel Fernandez‐Borsot
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Socrates on Why We Should Inquire [PDF]
, 2017 This paper examines whether Socrates provides his interlocutors with good reasons to seek knowledge of what virtue is, reasons that they are in a position to appreciate.
Ebrey, David
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O Laques e o Protágoras segundo Vlastos
Classica, Revista Brasileira de Estudos Clássicos, 2015 Este texto tem como objetivo uma análise crítica do artigo de Vlastos “The Protagoras and the Laches”, e de sua tese central acerca da anterioridade do Protágoras com relação ao Laques. Para isso, Vlastos defende a existência de uma distinção entre saber
João Paulo de Oliveira Teixeira
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Teaching Writing to Non-Native English Majors
Nalans, 2021 One’s mastery of speech conventions is considered an essential qualification for an educated individual, especially a scholar of English. Teaching writing to non-native English majors, writing instructors feel the burden to adopt the Current-traditional ...
Kyriaki Asiatidou
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