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<< it seems reasonable to suspect that failure to cite fairly obvious 
sources may also stem from an author's wish to claim novelty or to 
downplay those deemed intellectual rivals. >> 
 
Within philosophy this practice does take place, and is talked about by 
folks who do it -- usually in the case of downplaying unfavored persons. 
Rather famously, it has also been charged in the former case in a recent 
blow up at meetings of the American Philosophical Association.  It seems 
from reports of this ongoing controversy that most philosophers find 
discussions of these facts more distasteful and unethical than they do the 
practices themselves. 
 
Greg Ransom 
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