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Going Public: A Cautionary Tale

2009; Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto; Volume: 3; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4245/sponge.v3i1.6085

1913-0465

Michael P. Lynch,

scientometrics and bibliometrics research

A colleague who was participating in one of the many Darwin bicentennial events on university campuses this year recently asked me, “What was Fuller thinking?” In reply, I sent him a copy of Steve Fuller’s (2009) opinion piece, which had just come out in this journal. In it, Fuller attempts to explain why he decided to perform as an expert witness for the defense in Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District (US Federal Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2005). I doubt that his explanation put my colleague’s question to rest.