Beyond Human Authorship: AI, Pedagogy, and Ethics in Academic Writing

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Published: 2025-09-25
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59652/jcpas.v3i3.630
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Artificial Intelligence, Academic Writing, AI Literacy, Academic Integrity, Higher Education, Ethics in Education

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Konstantinos T. Kotsis
University of Ioannina, Greece
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1548-0134 (unauthenticated)

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The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in academic writing poses significant pedagogical and ethical dilemmas for higher education. This study consolidates international literature on the ramifications of AI tools – particularly generative models like ChatGPT, Claude, and Elicit – on aca-demic literacy, writing pedagogy, and student assistance. The investigation examines how AI facilitates several phases of writing, from inspiration to editing, and its impact on student involvement, instructor responsibilities, and institutional standards. Although AI technologies have transformative prospects to democratize access to academic discourse and assist bilingual or neurodivergent learners, they also pose risks of aggravating epistemic inequality, undermining critical thinking, and obscuring authorship boundaries. The research underscores the necessity of critical AI literacy and inclusive pedagogies, informed by conceptual frameworks and empirical facts, to equip students for a swiftly evolving writing ecosystem. It finishes by promoting instructional and institutional solutions that integrate ethical reasoning, transparency, and cognitive development in AI-assisted aca-demic writing.

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Vol. 3 No. 3 (2025): Journal of Contemporary Philosophical and Anthropological Studies

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Author Biography

Konstantinos T. Kotsis, University of Ioannina, Greece

Konstantinos T. Kotsis studied Physics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. In 1985, he was an assistant researcher at Brooklyn University of New York. From September 1987 to September 2000, he served as Lecturer and Assistant Professor specializing in Solid State Physics and X-ray Diffraction at the University of Ioannina Physics Department. Since 2000, he has served as a Faculty Member at the Department of Primary Education at the University of Ioannina. He has been a Full Professor since 2012, specializing in the Didactics of Physics at the Department of Primary Education of the University of Ioannina in Greece. He was the Head of the Department of Primary Education and the Dean of the School of Education at the University of Ioannina. Now he is the Head of the Lab of Physics Education and Teaching at the Department of Primary Education. His research interests are Didactics of Physics, Science Education, Physics Teaching and Learning, Teacher Training, and Education Research and AI in Science Education.

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Kotsis, K. T. (2025). Beyond Human Authorship: AI, Pedagogy, and Ethics in Academic Writing. Journal of Contemporary Philosophical and Anthropological Studies, 3(3). https://doi.org/10.59652/jcpas.v3i3.630

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