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https://thewest.com.au/news/world/fake-academic-scandal-adolf-hitlers-mein-kampf-words-used-in-embarrassing-journal-hoax-ng-b88979974z https://thewest.com.au/ne

https://thewest.com.au/news/world/fake-academic-scandal-adolf-hitlers-mein-kampf-words-used-in-embarrassing-journal-hoax-ng-b88979974z https://thewest.com.au/news/world/fake-academic-scandal-adol... > A trio of concerned academics has published seven intentionally absurd papers in leading scholarly journals, making bizarre recommendations including chaining up children and keeping men on leashes. > The trio say the papers, which used fabricated authors and credentials, are an attempt to expose political bias in fields that study race, gender and sexuality, which they see as being misled by biased research and poor methodology. https://quillette.com/2018/10/01/the-grievance-studies-scandal-five-academics-respond/ https://quillette.com/2018/10/01/the-grievance-studies-scand... > For the past year scholars James Lindsay, Helen Pluckrose, and Peter Boghossian have sent fake papers to various academic journals which they describe as specialising in activism or “grievance studies.” Their stated mission has been to expose how easy it is to get “absurdities and morally fashionable political ideas published as legitimate academic research.” To date, their project has been successful

smt88 8y ago
None of the tricked journals appear to be "leading" in any meaningful way. This mostly looks like a non-story.
- barry-cotter 8y ago
  Hypatia is the top journal in feminist philosophy. https://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/philosophy-journal-rankings/ https://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/philos... > It can also be difficult to get publications in Hypatia taken seriously by one’s department: I know of at least one junior faculty member who was told that she needed to get some more ‘mainstream’ publications, despite her publication in Hypatia, the top journal in her field. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia_(journal) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia_(journal) Hypatia is the highest ranked journal in feminist philosophy. It has an impact factor of 0.712. > The flagship feminist philosophy journal, Hypatia, accepted a paper (not yet published online) arguing that social justice advocates should be allowed to make fun of others, but no one should be permitted to make fun of them. The same journal invited resubmission of a paper arguing that “privileged students shouldn’t be allowed to speak in class at all and should just listen and learn in silence,” and that they would benefit from “experiential reparations” that include “sitting on the floor, wearing chains, or intentionally being spoken over.”
  - smt88 8y ago
    1. Leading a niche isn't the same as "leading" 2. The writeups above suggest that they're pointing out that bad science gets into journals, which doesn't apply here -- a philosophy journal can and should publish non-science work
    - nan0 8y ago
      > 1. Leading a niche isn't the same as "leading" Are you calling feminist philosophy a niche or general philosophy a niche? Yes, if you are leading a niche, you are leading still. > 2. The writeups above suggest that they're pointing out that bad science gets into journals, which doesn't apply here -- a philosophy journal can and should publish non-science work >Feminist philosophy, more than most areas of philosophy, needs to be informed by real-world information and examples. https://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/about/ https://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/about/

smt88 8y ago

None of the tricked journals appear to be "leading" in any meaningful way. This mostly looks like a non-story.

barry-cotter 8y ago
Hypatia is the top journal in feminist philosophy. https://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/philosophy-journal-rankings/ https://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/philos... > It can also be difficult to get publications in Hypatia taken seriously by one’s department: I know of at least one junior faculty member who was told that she needed to get some more ‘mainstream’ publications, despite her publication in Hypatia, the top journal in her field. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia_(journal) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatia_(journal) Hypatia is the highest ranked journal in feminist philosophy. It has an impact factor of 0.712. > The flagship feminist philosophy journal, Hypatia, accepted a paper (not yet published online) arguing that social justice advocates should be allowed to make fun of others, but no one should be permitted to make fun of them. The same journal invited resubmission of a paper arguing that “privileged students shouldn’t be allowed to speak in class at all and should just listen and learn in silence,” and that they would benefit from “experiential reparations” that include “sitting on the floor, wearing chains, or intentionally being spoken over.”
- smt88 8y ago
  1. Leading a niche isn't the same as "leading" 2. The writeups above suggest that they're pointing out that bad science gets into journals, which doesn't apply here -- a philosophy journal can and should publish non-science work
  - nan0 8y ago
    > 1. Leading a niche isn't the same as "leading" Are you calling feminist philosophy a niche or general philosophy a niche? Yes, if you are leading a niche, you are leading still. > 2. The writeups above suggest that they're pointing out that bad science gets into journals, which doesn't apply here -- a philosophy journal can and should publish non-science work >Feminist philosophy, more than most areas of philosophy, needs to be informed by real-world information and examples. https://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/about/ https://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/about/