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No. The point is an effort to diminish Dr Ford and also a tell of the guilt of Kavenaugh.
I don't believe one word of Dr. Ford's invented smear of Judge Kavanaugh, and think she was played by Feinstein and the Leftist powers that be in exchange for promises of future windfall via political favor, but she does have a PhD, she is a professor, and I would reflexively call her "Dr. Ford" were I to meet and converse with her.
And why would her title or lack thereof either elevate or diminish the veracity of her totally uncorroborated, evidence free and utterly groundless accusation, given that it has exactly nothing to do with her area of scholarly expertise and is not something she is publishing for peer review? By this I mean, her status a Doctor of Philosophy has no bearing on her 36 year old work of pure fiction, so why would it matter if she is referred to as doctor or isn't, per her slander against Kavanaugh?
If a medical doctor claimed something totally fictional about another person, does their status as Medical Doctor lend that fiction some sort of gravitas?
I don't have any problem referring to someone as Dr. So-and-so if they have the equivalent of a PhD. It's especially important in academic settings where the difference between an instructor and a professor is significant. My best friend's husband is a PsyD and is referred to as Dr. Also my priest, who has earned a ThD, although he generally goes by Father.
See, you would not have to worry about whether a physician received an “honorary degree” to practice medicine. Like the acurate poll says, anyone can become a “doctor.” Someone else pointed out all the soft subjects out there where you can become a doctor. So far, despite the comments, the overwhelming majority of respondents agree that it should be reserved for physicians.
The overwhelming majority agree that your poll is ridiculous.
Until they can come up with another word for a person who has a terminal degree in their field, doctor will have to suffice. It just means "teacher" in Latin and has no specific subject attached to it. The first doctor was probably not a medicine man.
PhDs in academia are called doctor in a professional setting...like a school principal, or a college professor.
Medical doctors, sure.
If someone has a doctorate in some other profession, let’s say a doctorate in library science, it is rather pretentious to use the title. It makes them feel important, but it makes other people think they’re a jerk.
The term "doctor" relates to a level of education and is not specific to a particular field. The idea that only Doctors of Medicine should be called "doctor" would require us to come up with another name for people who have attained that level of expert status in other fields.
Bingo, nailed it.
What a silly thread we have here. Anyone with a PhD has more than earned the right to be called a doctor. Ofocourse, most American don’t even have a bachelors hence the confusion and creation of this thread.
Medical doctors, sure.
If someone has a doctorate in some other profession, let’s say a doctorate in library science, it is rather pretentious to use the title. It makes them feel important, but it makes other people think they’re a jerk.
They’ve earned the right to be a pretentious jerk.
Get a PhD and you’re welcome to have people call you a doctor too.
PhDs in academia are called doctor in a professional setting...like a school principal, or a college professor.
Medical doctors, sure.
If someone has a doctorate in some other profession, let’s say a doctorate in library science, it is rather pretentious to use the title. It makes them feel important, but it makes other people think they’re a jerk.
The PhD's in our family are called Dr. at work because they work in academia. Socially they are Joe, Sam and Billy Bob.
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