Word: competencein
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Dates: during 1987-1987
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...colleagues that Huntington "should not be amember of the NAS, even if it is Class V," on thegrounds "that he has neither the knowledge nor theinterest necessary to conduct [scientificresearch]," that he has an "ideological outlooksufficiently parochial to question hisidentification with the world-wide scientificcommunity," and that Huntington lacks competencein "matters epistemological." As Singer suggests,one can leave aside the claim made by Putnam inhis PS article, that Huntington is"avowedly patriotic." The quality of scientificdoings does not depend on their being "patriotic" buton the factual documentation and accuracy.Huntington gives evidence that he confuses thetwo. For instance, when writing about...
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