Sokal redux
May 20, 2017 10:18 PM   Subscribe

In the footsteps of the infamous Sokal hoax (previously on Metafilter), Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay publish "The conceptual penis as a social construct" in the peer-reviewed open-access Cogent Social Sciences. Summary of the hoax and its intentions at Skeptic.com, and a collection of some of the reactions at the Chronicle of Higher Education. Thoughtful criticism of the hoax from Ketan Joshi, comparing the authors' ideological attack on gender studies unfavourably to Sokal's more nuanced critique of the clumsy use of scientific concepts in philosophy.
posted by nicolas léonard sadi carnot (1 comment total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: we've already had this deleted once, I don't think it will go well and "trolling social scientists" is not a great FPP. -- Eyebrows McGee



 
Pretty much the moment I see "SJW" used, I dismiss the source in the same way I dismiss any text starting "the problem with political correctness..." and "I'm not racist, but..."
posted by fatbird at 10:34 PM on May 20, 2017


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