The tradition of the virtues was model for moral practice from Aristotle to Luther. This framed practices living well in relation visions good, and its later Christian version, God. One became good through practice, just as a harpist might play disciplined habits exercise. In Alasdair MacIntyre's extraordinary excavations philosophy intellectual history, Reformation is by large neglected he tra...

T.A. Kotsopoulos , X. Karamanlis, D. Dotas, G.G. Martzopoulos Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece Department of Animal Production, Ichthyology, Ecology & Protection of Environment, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece Department of Animal Produc...

It is widely known that Aristotle rules out the existence of actual infinities but allows for potential infinities. However, precisely why Aristotle should deny the existence of actual infinities remains somewhat obscure and has received relatively little attention in the secondary literature. In this paper I investigate the motivations of Aristotle’s finitism and offer a careful examination of...

Bending analyses of isotropic, functionally graded, laminated composite, and sandwich beams are carried out using a quasi-3D polynomial shear and normal deformation theory. The most important feature of the proposed theory is that it considers the effects of transverse shear and transverse normal deformations. It accounts for parabolic variations in the strain/stress produced by transverse shea...

Aptamers are short single-stranded oligonucleotides that are capable of binding various molecules with high affinity and specificity. When the technology of aptamer selection was developed almost a quarter of a century ago, a suggestion was immediately put forward that it might be a revolutionary start into solving many problems associated with diagnostics and the therapy of diseases. However, ...

A large and well-characterized group of children with mild developmental delays initially enrolled in full-inclusion preschool or kindergarten programs was followed for 3 years. Changes in the type of inclusive placements as children transitioned to first and second grades were monitored, and associations between placement type and child and family characteristics were examined. Results reveale...

In this paper, we shall describe and critically evaluate four contemporary theories which attempt to solve the problem of the infinite regress of reasons: BonJour's ‘impure’ coherentism, BonJour's foundationalism, Haack's ‘foundherentism’ and Dancy's pure coherentism. These theories are initially put forward as theories about the justification of our empirical beliefs; however, in fact they als...