Claire, are you referring to all his papers or just the ones mentioned in his letter? Also, whether he’s a charlatan or not, are you disputing the intolerant and bullying atmosphere in and outside the campus, towards anyone that does not agree with the cancel culture, CRT, etc….?
Claire, are you referring to all his papers or just the ones mentioned in his letter? Also, whether he’s a charlatan or not, are you disputing the intolerant and bullying atmosphere in and outside the campus, towards anyone that does not agree with the cancel culture, CRT, etc….?
Two things: you cannot take one person's representation of a school and say that it is indisputably correct, regardless of how much sympathy you might have for that person. Second, what I am disputing is that this is the reason he is resigning. Upon his resignation, he had been an assistant professor for ten years. Ten. Most people come up for tenure at year 6 or 7. But in fact, Boghassian seems to have been unable to produce a philosophy monograph that was refereed and published by a reputable press. So my sense is that he resigned because he was about to be fired--which is what usually happens when you don't get tenure at the moment your contract says you will be evaluated. And he couldn't come up for tenure because he didn't come close to having a tenurable dossier.
The man wrote, or participated in writing, 20 hoax papers, but never turned his PhD thesis into a book--it's the one thing you have to do to get tenure, and instead he chose to act like a frat boy and put his energy into that. Let me also say that Boghassian has also been criticized by conservatives too. And here is a report from a conservative website:
"Breitbart News reported on Boghossian’s efforts to dupe leftist academic journals last year. Working with two other scholars, James Lindsay and Helen Pluckrose, Boghossian wrote and submitted a series of preposterous academic papers. One paper focused on “rape culture” between dogs at the park and another paper was a re-written section of Mein Kampf featuring, in this version, vitriol against men. These papers were both accepted for publication by a team of peer-reviewers.
Now, Boghossian is being sanctioned by Portland State University for his role in the hoax. According to officials at the university, the hoax amounts to “research misconduct,” which is defined as “plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification.”
“You are forbidden to engage in any human subjects related research as principal investigator, collaborator, or contributor,” a letter from Portland State Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, Mark R. McLellan, reads. “This ban will remain in effect for as long as you work at PSU or until you can show satisfactory evidence of understanding of the protections afforded human subjects by this university.”
The letter also states that Boghossian has been banned from conducting any type of university-sponsored research. “You are forbidden to engage in any sponsored research as principal investigator, collaborator or contributor,” McLellan added.
The letter notes that Boghossian could face termination from the university if he violates these new restrictions. Boghossian will be forced to undergo training on the “protection of human subjects” if he wants a shot at regaining his right to engage in university-sponsored research.
Yes: I dispute them. There are real reasons why the guy was about to be fired. He is a liar, and without scholarly accomplishments. His account of this is a lie too.
I will not answer for Bari, but I’ll say that unfortunately we live at a time when assertions like the ones you mentioned above can also be questioned. The fact-checking should also verify if Mr. McLellan’s remarks are not prompted by his own ideology. There’s a lot of it these days.
The bottom line is that Mr. Boghossian is denouncing a reality that is very worrisome.
So go ahead--fact check my assertions. You could start with Boghassian's Wikipedia page, from which basic facts-like how long he worked for PSU and what he has published--are drawn from. You could click on the link--to a source more to the right than Bari. But none of that relieves Bari of her responsibility to fact check authors just because they support a point of view she is marketing.
Claire, are you referring to all his papers or just the ones mentioned in his letter? Also, whether he’s a charlatan or not, are you disputing the intolerant and bullying atmosphere in and outside the campus, towards anyone that does not agree with the cancel culture, CRT, etc….?
Two things: you cannot take one person's representation of a school and say that it is indisputably correct, regardless of how much sympathy you might have for that person. Second, what I am disputing is that this is the reason he is resigning. Upon his resignation, he had been an assistant professor for ten years. Ten. Most people come up for tenure at year 6 or 7. But in fact, Boghassian seems to have been unable to produce a philosophy monograph that was refereed and published by a reputable press. So my sense is that he resigned because he was about to be fired--which is what usually happens when you don't get tenure at the moment your contract says you will be evaluated. And he couldn't come up for tenure because he didn't come close to having a tenurable dossier.
The man wrote, or participated in writing, 20 hoax papers, but never turned his PhD thesis into a book--it's the one thing you have to do to get tenure, and instead he chose to act like a frat boy and put his energy into that. Let me also say that Boghassian has also been criticized by conservatives too. And here is a report from a conservative website:
"Breitbart News reported on Boghossian’s efforts to dupe leftist academic journals last year. Working with two other scholars, James Lindsay and Helen Pluckrose, Boghossian wrote and submitted a series of preposterous academic papers. One paper focused on “rape culture” between dogs at the park and another paper was a re-written section of Mein Kampf featuring, in this version, vitriol against men. These papers were both accepted for publication by a team of peer-reviewers.
Now, Boghossian is being sanctioned by Portland State University for his role in the hoax. According to officials at the university, the hoax amounts to “research misconduct,” which is defined as “plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification.”
“You are forbidden to engage in any human subjects related research as principal investigator, collaborator, or contributor,” a letter from Portland State Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, Mark R. McLellan, reads. “This ban will remain in effect for as long as you work at PSU or until you can show satisfactory evidence of understanding of the protections afforded human subjects by this university.”
The letter also states that Boghossian has been banned from conducting any type of university-sponsored research. “You are forbidden to engage in any sponsored research as principal investigator, collaborator or contributor,” McLellan added.
The letter notes that Boghossian could face termination from the university if he violates these new restrictions. Boghossian will be forced to undergo training on the “protection of human subjects” if he wants a shot at regaining his right to engage in university-sponsored research.
Link=https://principia-scientific.com/university-punishes-professor-behind-academic-journal-hoax-papers/
Claire, with all due respect, you raised a new point but did not answer my two points
Yes: I dispute them. There are real reasons why the guy was about to be fired. He is a liar, and without scholarly accomplishments. His account of this is a lie too.
And it leads me to ask again: why does Bari not fact-check these things?
I will not answer for Bari, but I’ll say that unfortunately we live at a time when assertions like the ones you mentioned above can also be questioned. The fact-checking should also verify if Mr. McLellan’s remarks are not prompted by his own ideology. There’s a lot of it these days.
The bottom line is that Mr. Boghossian is denouncing a reality that is very worrisome.
So go ahead--fact check my assertions. You could start with Boghassian's Wikipedia page, from which basic facts-like how long he worked for PSU and what he has published--are drawn from. You could click on the link--to a source more to the right than Bari. But none of that relieves Bari of her responsibility to fact check authors just because they support a point of view she is marketing.
There you go. Your last comment just exposed you.
Because? What did it expose me as--someone who looks for second sources and fact checks?