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Abstract
(1) Is the rational person eo ipso intellectually virtuous? (2) Is the intellectually virtuous person eo ipso rational? In what follows I answer both questions in the negative.
Keywords:
- critical spirit,
- critical thinking,
- dispositions,
- intellectual virtues,
- rational thinking
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(1) La personne rationnelle est-elle eo ipso intellectuellement vertueuse? (2) La personne intellectuellement vertueuse est-elle eo ipso rationnelle ? Dans ce qui suit, je réponds aux deux questions par la négative.
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