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Against Sociology à la Gorgias: Evidence Is the Measure of all Scientific Arguments

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  1. On April 20th 2018. Murray’s example is also interesting because it directly contradicts CCW’s claim that there exists no example of activism among conservative scholars.

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I am grateful to Yves Gingras for his comments and suggestions.

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Larregue, J. Against Sociology à la Gorgias: Evidence Is the Measure of all Scientific Arguments. Am Soc 49, 344–347 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12108-018-9376-2

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Keywords

  • Political bias
  • Activism
  • Liberalism
  • Conservatism
  • Science
  • General social survey