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Philosophy, Bullshit, and Peer Review

By Neil Levy

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2023
ISBN
1009462318, 9781009462310, 1009256300, 9781009256308, 9781009256315
DOI
10.1017/9781009256315
ISSN
2398-0567
Google Books ID
rkMa0AEACAAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4433719 bytes)
Series
Elements in Epistemology
Pages
\74
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2023-12-15 20:26:59

Description

Peer review is supposed to ensure that published work, in philosophy and in other disciplines, meets high standards of rigor and interest. But many people fear that it no longer is fit to play this role. This Element examines some of their concerns. It uses evidence that critics of peer review sometimes cite to show its failures, as well as empirical literature on the reception of bullshit, to advance positive claims about how the assessment of scholarly work is appropriately influenced by features of the context in which it appears: for example, by readers' knowledge of authorship or of publication venue. Reader attitude makes an appropriate and sometimes decisive difference to perceptions of argument quality. This Element finishes by considering the difference that author attitudes to their own arguments can appropriately make to their reception. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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