Intellectual dishonesty
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Intellectual dishonesty is the creation of misleading impressions through the use of rhetoric, logical fallacy, fraud, or misrepresented evidence. It may stem from an ulterior motive, haste, sloppiness, or external pressure to reach a certain conclusion. The unwary reader may be deceived as a result.
Scientists and scholars generally consider plagiarisma serious form of intellectual dishonesty. Other examples include the incorrect attribution of a quotation or quotation out of context, use of obfuscated or irrelevant citations, deceptive omission of contextual text through ellipsis, and the unsupported amplification of a relationship.
See also
- In specific fields:
- Scientific misconduct
- Journalism scandals
- Academic dishonesty
- Honesty
- Ethics
- Epistemic virtue
- Scientific skepticism
- Scientism
- rigour
- Epistemic virtue
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