The Unreasonable Destructiveness of Political Correctness in Philosophy

The Unreasonable Destructiveness of Political Correctness in Philosophy

I submit that epistemic progress in key areas of contemporary academic philosophy has been compromised by politically correct (“PC”) ideology. First, guided by an evolutionary account of ideology, results from social and cognitive psychology and formal philosophical methods, I expose evidence for po...

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Main Author: Manuel Doria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-08-01
Series:Philosophies
Subjects:
cognitive biases
multi-criteria decision analysis
epistemic appraisal
epistemic values
ideology
metaphilosophy
multi-objective optimization
political correctness
social constructionism
social oppression
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9287/2/3/17

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