Aarne–Thompson 410

June 30, 2015 7:57 PM

What do Mark A. Bedau's Weak Emergence[PDF], Stewart Cohen's Contextualism, Skepticism, and the Structure of Reasons, Paul Benson's Free agency and self-worth, and Michael G.F. Martin's Perception, Concepts, and Memory have in common? They're all Sleeping Beauties.

‘Sleeping beauty’ papers slumber for decades
Defining and identifying Sleeping Beauties in science

On the Citation Lifecycle of Papers with Delayed Recognition[PDF], Christian Lachance and Vincent Larivière, École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ.
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posted by the man of twists and turns (3 comments total)

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posted by snuffleupagus at 8:16 PM on June 30, 2015 [3 favorites]

Oh hey, I used to work with Mark Bedau! When I was a student at Reed, he was a great mentor for me. Some 8 years before this paper, but generally on the topic of emergence.
posted by Nelson at 8:49 PM on June 30, 2015

Mark Bedau's father Hugo was a brilliant philosophy professor at Tufts when I was there back in the 20th Century. He was a powerful voice against the death penalty.
posted by rdone at 7:27 AM on July 1, 2015 [1 favorite]