A Philosopher’s Hoax Embarrassed Several Academic Journals. Was It Satire or Fraud?
By resorting to satire, did Portland State University professor Peter Boghossian violate basic professional and ethical standards?
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Alan Sokal
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What Good Is an Academic Hoax in the Age of Post-Truth?
To relegate academic projects that seek to untangle the complexities of human systems to the realm of grievances is a farce—one that misses the point of the academic project in the first place.
The Reformation: Can Social Scientists Save Themselves?
An intellectual crisis in the age of TED talks and Freakonomics.