In our new “how can we help you?” thread, a reader asks:
Happily, someone cited my paper. Unhappily, they attributed to me a view which is the diametrical opposite of what I (and a very well-known, major international figure in philosophy of science on whose view I was elaborating) claimed. They made claims in the form of “Contra Scholars X and Y, I argue z.” Nothing in their argument rides on it, but I defended the very kind of framework they were advocating while they positioned themselves as doing the contrary. Their paper is in a top philosophy of science journal. What should I do?
I suppose it might be possible to write the editors requesting a correction (erratum). But I’ve never encountered this kind of situation, so I don’t know! Sadly, I suspect it’s likely to become more common in the age of AI, as (or so it seems) more and more researchers offload things like literature reviews to bots. So, it may be increasingly important to be on the lookout for this stuff and correct it.
What do readers think? Any helpful insights or experiences to share?
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