Instead, they're seeking a Lysenkoist solution that would have politics determine courses' content.
This may be true, but it is also a feature of many other ideologies, such as Lysenkoist Stalinism, some varieties of Thomist scholasticism, and certain types of environmentalism.
In fact this is quite different from the Scopes trial where the pro-science counsel made quite a mess of things and it was left to the Judiciary to prevent a Lysenkoist denunciation.
But, though some Lysenkoist ideas were absurd, that does not mean that philosophy as such should or can be kept out of science.
Definition of Lysenkoist in US English:
Lysenkoist
adjective & noun-kōˌist
See Lysenko, Trofim Denisovich
Example sentencesExamples
This may be true, but it is also a feature of many other ideologies, such as Lysenkoist Stalinism, some varieties of Thomist scholasticism, and certain types of environmentalism.
Instead, they're seeking a Lysenkoist solution that would have politics determine courses' content.
In fact this is quite different from the Scopes trial where the pro-science counsel made quite a mess of things and it was left to the Judiciary to prevent a Lysenkoist denunciation.
But, though some Lysenkoist ideas were absurd, that does not mean that philosophy as such should or can be kept out of science.