Abstract:Academic reviewing, one of the communal academic practices, is a vital genre, in which epistemic virtues have been cultivated. In our article, we discuss reviews as a form of institutionalized critique, which historians could use to trace the changing epistemic virtues within humanities. We propose to use them analogously to Lorraine Daston’s and Peter Galison’s treatment of atlases in their seminal work Objectivity as a marker of changing epistemic virtues in natural sciences and medicine.
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for inspiring discussions and valuable feedback on previous versions of this article. Further, I am grateful for helpful comments provided by two reviewers.1. On (the reception of ) Eisenschiml's book, see Hanchett, "Historian as Gamesman."
for inspiring discussions and valuable feedback on previous versions of this article. Further, I am grateful for helpful comments provided by two reviewers.1. On (the reception of ) Eisenschiml's book, see Hanchett, "Historian as Gamesman."
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