Peter Enns on Disagreement

By on October 20, 2008 in sam reflects

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image Disagreement is what happens in scholarship. If disagreement were a barometer of truth, only those in power would ever be deemed correct.

This criterion lends itself to selective application, which I find rooted in the cult of the personality. To appeal to well-known scholars who disagree (while ignoring those who don’t) is one of the most basic logical fallacies: the argument from authority.

True scholarship will die in such an environment.

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  • DSDan

    A vaguely related article that I found interesting:

    http://www.technologyreview.com/web/21558/

    “On Wikipedia, objective truth isn’t all that important, actually. What makes a fact or statement fit for inclusion is that it appeared in some other publication–ideally, one that is in English and is available free online.”

  • http://www.suttersage.com Sam

    Hmmm…. yeah, that is a bit scary,