Proceedings Start Against ‘Sokal Squared’ Hoax Professor

Re:Proceedings Start Against ‘Sokal Squared’ Hoax Professor by twblalock on Sunday January 13, 2019 @05:30PM (#18899125)

The rules are not being applied out of a sense of ethical obligation, but rather to punish Boghossian for his views and for causing offense to other academics.

If he had done this outside of his university-affiliated research I bet the university would be investigating him anyway.

I bet the university and the academics he offended would also claim that nothing he publishes happens "outside" his university affiliation because everybody knows he is a professor there, he represents the university, he published articles in academic journals whose editors believed he was doing academic stuff, and so on.

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Re:Proceedings Start Against ‘Sokal Squared’ Hoax Professor by tomlock on Sunday January 13, 2019 @05:31PM (#18899131)

> The rules are not being applied out of a sense of ethical obligation, but rather to punish Boghossian for his views and for causing offense to other academics.

This seems like a bit of a leap. What evidence is there for this being the case?

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