I don’t have a comprehensive definition of constructive criticism—I know it when I see it.
Without claiming that this is necessarily un-virtuous, I hope that you can see how this sort of thing is evidence for the claim that “constructive criticism” is not primarily a good criterion for truth-seeking, but rather is primarily a weapon for suppression of criticism.
To take a stab at defining it, constructive criticism is about optimizing the alignment between proposed methods and true goals given the resources available.
I confess that I have no idea what exactly you could mean by this. I think that it would be most helpful if you could supplement this intensional definition with an extensional one.
Without claiming that this is necessarily un-virtuous, I hope that you can see how this sort of thing is evidence for the claim that “constructive criticism” is not primarily a good criterion for truth-seeking, but rather is primarily a weapon for suppression of criticism.
I confess that I have no idea what exactly you could mean by this. I think that it would be most helpful if you could supplement this intensional definition with an extensional one.