| Author(s) | Meena Krishnamurthy; Jessica Wilson |
| Abstract | This text argues that philosophers have a moral and philosophical obligation to cite relevant work on their research topics. It delineates three common failures: not crediting key thinkers, ignoring existing literatures, and reinventing philosophical ideas without awareness of prior formulations. These failures perpetuate implicit biases, distort philosophical debates, and wasted intellectual efforts. The authors urge individual philosophers and the profession broadly to improve citation practices. Strategies include conducting thorough literature reviews, referees rejecting uncited submissions, and contacting authors about missing citations. Implementing these practices requires commitment but will enhance scholarship quality and fairness. Overall the piece makes an ethical appeal for diligent, inclusive citation as an essential scholarly virtue benefiting individuals and the discipline. This content was generated by artificial intelligence using the text of the original work and reviewed by the author. |
| Website Name | What’s Wrong? the not quite official blog of u-boulder’s center for values and social policy |
| Date Published | December 14, 2015 |
| Keywords | citation practices, implicit bias, philosophy, scholarly ethics, literature reviews This content was generated by artificial intelligence using the text of the original work and reviewed by the author. |
| URL | https://whatswrongcvsp.com/2015/12/14/whats-wrong-with-current-citation-practices-in-philosophy/ |
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