The medium of modern academic journals, through their style and methods of publishing, embody significant philosophical assumptions. However, some of these assumptions are flawed.
Excellent. You raise some powerful questions about academic writing which deserve discussion and debate.
In a sense, the journal methodology is designed to create a similar level of 'blindness' to that aspired to in the judicial system. Interestingly, in that system emotion is not removed and absolute certainty (even in criminal cases) is not required. The judicial context also involves an additional element - contest, by which interpretations of the facts and law are debated contemporaneously. Journal contest only occurs over time, and then only if someone bothers to question a finding. In the meantime journal articles stand as some form of independent truth. As you have previously noted novelty is valorised in academia, replicating past work is not.
Excellent. You raise some powerful questions about academic writing which deserve discussion and debate.
In a sense, the journal methodology is designed to create a similar level of 'blindness' to that aspired to in the judicial system. Interestingly, in that system emotion is not removed and absolute certainty (even in criminal cases) is not required. The judicial context also involves an additional element - contest, by which interpretations of the facts and law are debated contemporaneously. Journal contest only occurs over time, and then only if someone bothers to question a finding. In the meantime journal articles stand as some form of independent truth. As you have previously noted novelty is valorised in academia, replicating past work is not.