A dominant theorist’s blind spots can propagate through an entire field

Evidence

Allport missed important aspects of the nature of prejudice. Moreover, because of his profound influence, his blindspots became the field’s blindspots for many years. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 135 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Intellectual sophistication can blind people to real political threats — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 259; Dualistic blind spots structurally prevent the master culture from perceiving ecological peril — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 739; General theory can blind researchers to novel phenomena that grounded fieldwork reveals — Georg Schreyögg and Jörg Sydow, The Hidden Dynamics of Path Dependence:…, 1147 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• A researcher’s blindspots propagate through the field they dominate #expands (0.95) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 135