Biogerontology and the Intellectual Virtues
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Biogerontology and the intellectual virtues.
The case for prioritizing the study of the biology of aging can be persuasively made by making explicit its connection to the exercise of the intellectual virtues needed to realize well-ordered science. These intellectual virtues include a range of attitudes and dispositions integral to all areas of science (e.g. sensitivity to details, adaptability of intellect, the detective's virtues), but t...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1079-5006,1758-535X
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr227