Resistance to the spread of unpopular academic findings and views in liberal societies, including a personal case
Titel:
Resistance to the spread of unpopular academic findings and views in liberal societies, including a personal case
Auteur:
Hillman, H.
Verschenen in:
Accountability in research
Paginering:
Jaargang 1 (1991) nr. 4 pagina's 259-272
Jaar:
1991-12
Inhoud:
Some of the loci and personnel resisting the spread of novel and challenging findings and theories are identified. Censorship of ideas, and pressure upon authors, retard the advances of knowledge, impede challenges to conventional beliefs, and prolong the lives of mistaken ideas. The mechanisms involved, and the assumptions behind them, are examined, and the asymmetry between the access of the consensus paradigm to academic peers and the lay public, on the one hand, and that of novel and critical views, on the other, is analyzed. A personal case from the United Kingdom, which has been documented, is presented. Practical measures, including a code, are suggested to make the system fairer.
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