The lesson is not only about politics. The core lesson is about the corruption of philosophy (especially epistemology), which has enabled an entire generation of journalists, activists, and politicians to be intellectually disarmed by a group of frauds — or to become enablers in disarming those who would challenge the frauds. A postmodern philosophical culture indeed.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Scientific fraud and politics - Stephen Hicks Post
Stephen Hicks has a good post on "Climategate" that gets to the philosophical core.
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