Comments on: Methodenstreit http://www.theamericanconservative.com/mccarthy/2009/08/27/methodenstreit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=methodenstreit www.ToryAnarchist.com Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ben wetmore http://www.theamericanconservative.com/mccarthy/2009/08/27/methodenstreit/comment-page-1/#comment-1636 ben wetmore Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:33:58 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/mccarthy/?p=1342#comment-1636 While this is a true, and interesting, point, I think it is only a small part of an overall picture. Most undergraduates are being served only the shallowest of material, and even within their specific fields they are not only denied certain alternative viewpoints, but they are denied asking certain questions. So, every inconvenient fact about minorities becomes some twisted causation from 'racism' and similar questions get glossed over quite seamlessly. As well, many leftists openly talk about the politicization of alternative fields, bending the sciences to their will and other traditionally 'non-political' fields. This isn't done through control of the methods, but the hiring, texts, oversight, governance and general climate. While this is a true, and interesting, point, I think it is only a small part of an overall picture. Most undergraduates are being served only the shallowest of material, and even within their specific fields they are not only denied certain alternative viewpoints, but they are denied asking certain questions. So, every inconvenient fact about minorities becomes some twisted causation from ‘racism’ and similar questions get glossed over quite seamlessly.

As well, many leftists openly talk about the politicization of alternative fields, bending the sciences to their will and other traditionally ‘non-political’ fields. This isn’t done through control of the methods, but the hiring, texts, oversight, governance and general climate.

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