From the 11-21-02 issue of the NYROB I read Colin McGinn's review of
four books by and about Karl Popper. The entire review isn't available
on line, only the beginning, but you can at least see the books
reviewed:
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2002/11/21/looking-for-a-black-swan/
I found the review interesting but McGinn was coming across as an
authority and I had never heard of him so I decided to see who he was.
I was shocked to find that he was forced out of his job at the
University of Miami because of a sexual harassment charge. In true
Lit-Ideas fashion I went off on a tangent and read several articles
about the charges against him. Here is one of them:
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/is-it-ok-for-a-um-professor-to-burden-a-student-with-sexual-advances-7581424
Though McGinn professes his innocence, I tend to think from what I've
read that he behaved badly against Clair, but I advance this as only a
tentative hypothesis and if anyone chooses to falsify it I shall of
course not object.
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