John Serafin wrote:
Personal aside...ignore if not interested. My grandparents all
emigrated from Poland to the US. They all ended up in an
area just west of Detroit. My dad's parents lived on a street
that happened to go by the name of Kopernik. As a kid, I
had no idea the significance of that
Good points, John.
It was really Copernicus who gave us the notion that you could better explain
the motions of the planets; it was Kepler who worked out elliptical orbits (but
hated them -- circular motion required no explanation, but ellipses do), and
Newton who invented gravity to explain
(I don’t mean that he is good at it, just that he knows a lot about it.)
lol. That's funny. Especially since it kinda imply that he couldn't
actually apply the knowledge.
--Mike
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Rick Froman rfro...@jbu.edu wrote:
I have to disagree with Miguel here... agree with Barbato. I have spent the
last decade researching a single paradigm and plan to do so until I retire
probably. It has taken me years to phrase some of the basics in the most clear
way so that others can understand what I mean. I don't want to
I agree with Annette. There are good and better ways to write a succinct
explanation of the concept of contrast effects in sensory research. Once I had
invested a great deal of time crafting what I thought was the best sentence,
why would I change it just to avoid plagiarizing myself? I would
In the good old days:
Students came to see profs during office hours
Profs had only one test taking tip know everything
Text books had a few black and white photos,the rest was left to the
imagination which further enhanced cognitive skills
A D was an honorable grade
Profs were not dishing out
I am somewhere between the two, also.
I have seen cases of self-plagiarism which I find objectionable.
Typically, they have involved a cut-and-paste from one type of
publication (e.g., a Psych Review article) to a completely
different type of publication (e.g., a sophomore textbook). The
Women students were not taken seriously
Women students were taken advantage of
There were no black students
Special needs students were ignored and went unaccommodated
there were no or very few counseling services
Profs could and were often abusive in class
only 13% of those who graduated high
Hi
If you read the comments on the original posting, you will see that one
respondent actually mentioned the example of Nobel prize winners who published
much the same research in several different journals, without people objecting.
The rational was that different people read different
I knew the musician analogy was weak... but it's interesting in some ways. I am
in a continuous conversation with a musician friend of mine about the
similarities and differences between the visual and auditory arts in terms of
replication. The analogies seem to work better and are more
At the very least, I think, we need a different term, as self-plagiarism
strikes me as an oxymoron. Plagiarism by definition (at least all definitions
I've ever seen and can locate) means appropriating others' work without
attribution.
The discussion does raise some interesting and
Profs had one or two paperbacks to complement the texts,I was introduced to
Rachel Carlson's Silent Spring in Bio 101.
Gilbert Rye The nature of Mind (by a British prof) in History of Psych.
Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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Scott O. Lilienfeld notes:
*At the very least, I think, we need a different term, as self-plagiarism
strikes me as an oxymoron. Plagiarism by definition (at least all
definitions I've ever seen and can locate) means appropriating others' work
without attribution.*
The APA code of ethics refers
Just for the record, Aristarchus of Samos outlined a heliocentric model
of the universe 1700 years before Copernicus.
Chris
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I agree with Annette here. Plagiarism has slightly different meanings in
different disciplinary contexts (because we chiefly concerned with the
originality of different aspects of the writing in different
disciplines). In the context of a primary report of a new scientific
study, plagiarism
The question of the appropriateness of publishing an article in part or in
whole that is identical to a previously published one boils down to whether the
reader and, therefore, the editor is clearly informed about the nature of the
duplication, particularly duplication involving data. Yes,
Marc Carter wrote:
Those old guys were *smart*...
If ever you hear of a concentration of philosophical, scientific, and
artistic talent like there was in Athens between, say, 450 and 350 bc (a
city of about 100,000 back then) move there and start drinking the
water, breathing the air,
I'm pleased to have a term for the occasional (well, we hope it's
occasional) practice of handing in the same paper for another course.
My favorite example of this is when a student handed in a paper with
plagiarism from some website sources. He was irate at the F I gave him, and
told me, The
CLAUDIA STANNY
Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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