Yes, this seems correct. So they advance views which they think will gain them the best grades, and these will be views consistent with the prevailing orthodoxy. Further, since all their peers are expressing much the same views for the same reasons, I think they internalize such views so that they genuinely subscribe to them. Any other views are then seen to be eccentric. I think this is especially the case in philosophy, or indeed any branch of science that implicitly endorses particular philosophical perspectives.
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