Would you continue using the work of a philosopher in your teaching if they had been shown to have plagiarised their books and own PhD dissertation. I keep having this conversation and many people don't care at all
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Should I know a modern philosopher who was found to have plagiarised work then passing as his own then. I would drop him like a hot rock as his work is not his own, as it did not issue from his own thoughts of another person.
Not a philosopher either but I do enjoy their work as it helps with my own thoughts on life and other things I think about.
Leave these lines From William Cowper (1731-1800) — The Task. – Bk. VI
Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men;
Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Not a teacher, but an artist and writer and wouldn't even give that philosopher (or anyone else) the time of day if I knew they had plagiarized their work.
Did the person you're concerned about arrive at some profound or unique insight? If that insight has value to my field, then it seems like it's worth a broader conversation. And that may include whatever controversy surrounds it.
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Leave these lines From William Cowper (1731-1800) — The Task. – Bk. VI
Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men;
Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
No matter who, no, definitely no
I would look instead for those sources that were plagiarized and use those!
There is a part of me, after the fact that doesn't care, and another part that would want to take a stand.