RE SOCIAL SCIENTIST SEES BIAS WITHIN WHERE ARE THE ECONOMISTS OR POLITICAL SCIENTISTS MANAGEMENT BUSINESS OR CRIMINOLOGY ACADEMICS IN HIS ACCOUNT

Great essay.


One comment:
He, and his audience, and the society, assume the existing political categories 'liberal' or 'conservative', as valid and relevant, terms that in fact cut across everyone's political needs, in differing ways.  


The author's distinction, between social liberal versus fiscal conservative, captures something of this vagueness, but the problems with these terms are much more deep and diverse than that.


Another comment:


One might find some more 'conservatives' among the social scientists, if one were to advert to economists (I consider them social scientists), or to political scientists (I consider them social scientists), although there are many notable exceptions in this group.


If you throw in various, what I would call, modern social science amalgamation specialties, such as business administration or management studies, or even criminology (very popular too), for which so-called academic scholars are legion, then 'conservatives', in academia, begin to look very much more plentiful, perhaps even preponderant.


SEE ALSO COMPARTMENTALIZATION, ETC.