EPISTEMIC CONSERVATISM

Epistemic conservatism

The present paper aims to revisit the virtues and click here disadvantages of epistemic conservatism, which claims that it is rational to adhere to a belief until there is evidence to the contrary.Two main theses are put forward: first, while conservatism presents several epistemological flaws, from a contextualist point of view it is not only desi

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The pluripotency transcription factor Nanog represses glutathione reductase gene expression in mouse embryonic stem cells

Abstract Objective Redox homeostasis maintenance is essential to bring about cellular functions.Particularly, embryonic stem cells (ESCs) have high fidelity mechanisms for DNA repair, high activity of different antioxidant enzymes and low levels of oxidative stress.Although the expression and activity of antioxidant enzymes are reduced throughout t

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