[CP] Shaming Critical Discourse

From: Sean Wilson <whoooo26505@xxxxxxxxx>
To: cv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:28:10 -0700 (PDT)

>  And, Mr. Wilson, you should apologize for the following as well:>  
> There could be a slew of reasons why the journalism in your law-review 
> article 
>(or by that of your field) may

Stephen and Jeffrey:

... I really think you need to quit sending mails like these, and that you 
consider apologizing for shaming a colleague who holds a view in philosophy of 
law that you apparently do not understand. Not only would I never apologize for 
calling political science research "journalism," I intend in future conferences 
and papers to show why our field's research functions more in the nature of 
journalism than "science." Neither of you apparently understand Wittgenstein's 
thoughts about social science -- or about other subjects, I imagine. If you 
wanted to discuss why the field is closer to journalism than science, you could 
always ask (or reply as Bert did).

So I want to say this as clear as I can. As someone who has faced the childish 
gestures of people in this network who call and write to employers when 
intellectual criticism occurs in their field, I will never accept the ritual of 
shaming here. I will never follow codes of artificial deference. Political 
science, if it were truly an intellectual pursuit, would never be governed by 
what some would call (rightly or wrongly) "girls club" ethics. And it should 
not 
bestow upon elders the right to ridicule and shame for reasons of validly held 
belief. Professionalism isn't how one dresses or looks, whether they get 
invited 
to dinner parties, or how they talk to the Dukes and Lords. It's whether an 
academic can understand ideas and pledge themselves to the idea for their own 
sake. As Wittgenstein said, it is about being home to no community.

So I would ask that you two now do your public duty to apologize for trying to 
shame and ridicule someone because you don't like and understand their views -- 
and because, apparently, they are threatening to you. And because you feel 
yourselves the guardians of the felicity of your social club, whose work is 
never to be disparaged and always to seek the prize of coverage in the New York 
Times.     
 
Regards and thanks.
 
Dr. Sean Wilson, Esq.
Assistant Professor
Wright State University
Personal Website: http://seanwilson.org
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From: Jeffrey Lax <jrl2124@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: LAWCOURT-L@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, September 15, 2010 4:17:16 PM
Subject: Re: attitudes, legal rules, and what  else?

That's Dr. Wilson, Esq.

On Sep 15, 2010, at 1:15 PM, Stephen L. Wasby wrote:

> And, Mr. Wilson, you should apologize for the following as well:
>  
> There could be a slew of reasons why the journalism in your law-review 
> article 
>(or by that of your field) may
>  
> That comment was not called for, and it does not belong on this list.
>  
> Stephen L. Wasby (prof emeritus, University at Albany)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sean Wilson
> To: LAWCOURT-L@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 4:08 PM
> Subject: Re: attitudes, legal rules, and what else?
> 
> .. Bert has just sent me a private mail, which quite nicely argues his point. 
>Although he never mentioned it, I do want to apologize for this line here:
> 
>  "I'd be interested if people with some experience (and not research) would 
>offer some additional helpful perspective." 
>
> 
> I'm not so close-minded that I wouldn't consider research along with other 
>sorts of information. My objections to political science never were meant to 
>say 
>that research shouldn't be read. Or that those who do research have nothing I 
>would want to hear. They were meant to say that research should be understood 
>within a proper understanding of the philosophy of science. So I said more 
>than 
>I actually meant here.
> 
> My apologies.  
>  
> Regards and thanks.
> 
>  
> Dr. Sean Wilson, Esq.
> 
> Assistant Professor
> 
> Wright State University
> 
> Personal Website: http://seanwilson.org
> 
>   (Subscribe:  http://ludwig.squarespace.com/sworg-subscribe/ )
> 
> SSRNpapers: http://ssrn.com/author=596860
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> 
>
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