A NOTE ON SCHOLARSHIP

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Bill Arnold

A NOTE ON SCHOLARSHIP

Legg inn av Bill Arnold » 24 nov 2007 05:56:02

Hi, Gen-Medievaliers :)

I wrote quite awhile ago, that in English Comp I taught that
most statements can be categorized as statements of fact,
inferences, or value judgments. Some Dim-Watts insist upon
confusing them, still, to this day. In gentleman and scholar
Nat Taylor's fine post about the BML Peck Pedigree he made
some statements of fact, you know, the stuff of genealogy,
dates, names, places. Then he drew some inferences, which
were his conclusions with which we can agree or disagree,
and I choose to in some cases agree and in some disagree.
Sometimes, conclusions can be more loosely termed opinions.
And lastly, he offered some value judgments, and actually
withdrew some earlier ones based on suppositions and now
modified by new facts at his disposal. As with his conclusions
or opinions about the facts, I choose to in some cases agree
and in some disagree with his value judgements. It is to his
credit as a gentleman and a scholar that he sought fit to offer
up some serious statements of fact other chose to ignore without
one shred of evidence.

Cheers,

Bill

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