Gordon Moran

Silencing Scientists and Scholars in Other Fields (eBook, PDF)

Power, Paradigm Controls, Peer Review, and Scholarly Communication

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

An examination of power paradigm controls, peer review and scholarly communication. It covers issues such as: silencing scholars within totalitarian and democratic forms of government; intellectual freedom, intellectual suppression, the big lie and the freedom to lie; and rhetoric versus reality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 1998
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313374227
• Artikelnr.: 38194977

Autorenporträt

Gordon Moran

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Dedication
Introduction
Silencing Scholars Within Totalitarian and Democratic Forms of Government
Intellectual Freedom, Intellectual Suppression, the Big Lie, and the
Freedom to Lie
Rhetoric Versus Reality in Academia
Paradigm Dependency in Academia and Its Effect on Peer Review
Double Standards and Peer-Review Suppression
Toleration of Falsification
Transition From Academic Discussion and Debate to Controversy and Scandal
Saying What You Believe
Trust, Skepticism, and Whistleblowing
Peer Review Secrecy
Politically Correct
Out Of Cite, Out Of Mind
Role and Responsibility of Academic Librarians
Silencing Scholars in the Electronic Age
References
Author Index
Subject Index.