Employer: Research demonstrating negative results is much less impressive than research that demonstrates a novel and surprising hypothesis. Plus, it harms the reputations of people whose research is challenged. Therefore, we will not be hiring the applicant, since most of their work focuses on disconfirming prior research.

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Gillies would endorse the employer’s point about reputational harm

If it was shared by the scientific community, the employer’s view about reputational harm would be compatible with Longino’s criterion that a well-structured scientific community must have shared standards of criticism.

The employer’s overall hiring practice undermines the pursuit of objective scientific knowledge in Longino’s sense

If generalized, the researcher’s hiring practices would promote a well-structured scientific community in Longino’s sense

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Employer: Research demonstrating negative results is much less impressive than research that demonstrates a novel and surprising hypothesis. Plus, it harms the reputations of people whose research is challenged. Therefore, we will not be hiring the applicant, since most of their work focuses on disconfirming prior research.

Select all that can be inferred:

(Select all that apply)

Group of answer choices

Gillies would endorse the employer’s point about reputational harm

If it was shared by the scientific community, the employer’s view about reputational harm would be compatible with Longino’s criterion that a well-structured scientific community must have shared standards of criticism.

The employer’s overall hiring practice undermines the pursuit of objective scientific knowledge in Longino’s sense

If generalized, the researcher’s hiring practices would promote a well-structured scientific community in Longino’s sense

Ask a Philosopher · Accepted Answer

Pray tell, fair employer, dost thou truly believe that research which doth challenge the established beliefs of yore is but a folly? Nay, I say unto thee, for it is through such endeavors that the seeds of innovation and discovery are sown. Verily, 'tis not the conformity to past notions that doth impress, but the boldness of one who dares to question, to explore the uncharted realms of knowledge. Shall we shun those who seek to unveil the mysteries of the universe, simply because their findings doth not align with what hath come before? Methinks such a stance doth hinder the very progress of science, for it is in the clash of ideas that truth doth emerge. And what of the reputations of those whose work is challenged, dost thou truly believe that they shall crumble at the mere whisper of dissent? Nay, for it is in the crucible of debate that reputations are forged, tempered by the fires of critical inquiry. Let us not shy away from the path less trodden, but embrace it wholeheartedly, for it is in the pursuit of the unexpected, the unconventional, that we shall find the true essence of knowledge. Thus, I doth implore thee, fair employer, do not cast aside the applicant whose work treads upon uncharted waters, for it is they who may lead us to the very pinnacle of understanding."