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Intellectual dishonesty
Intellectual dishonesty is the creation of false impressions or advocacy of false ideas and concepts using rhetoric, logical fallicies, or insufficient or falsified evidence. It often stems from self-deception or a covert agenda, which is expressed through a misuse of various rhetorical devices. The unwary reader may be deceived as a result. It is often very difficult to distinguish whether the intellectual dishonesty is due to conscious dishonesty by somebody or due to unconscious self deception.
Scientists and scholars generally consider plagiarism a serious form of intellectual dishonesty.
See also
- Some examples: Honesty, Ethics, Epistemic virtue
- Compare: Scientific skepticism, Scientism, rigour
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