Subject: references -Reply
From: Dennis Nelson (NELSOND@ny-smtp.army.mil)
Date: Fri 12 Nov 1999 - 16:56:06 MET
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 10:56:06 -0500 From: Dennis Nelson <NELSOND@ny-smtp.army.mil> Subject: references -Reply
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I agree with Ania that references can be comprehension bumps:
too often I have found myself in circles wherein my comments were
judged insignificant, incorrect or worse -- until I documented the very
paragraphs and sentences from which those comments were drawn.
Often the audiences would remain unhappy with the comments, even
more so as the credibility of others than myself was then involved, giving
the comments initial or more weight.
Truth has a certain ring or light to it. Whether clothed in simple gutteral
sounds or robed in the doctoral jargon of a particular field, we seldom
debate the truth: we debate whether we have to accept the truth, apply
it to our lives, and thus change actions and habits and feelings we have
built and stored and protected for years and decades.
At best, we may seek references to actually research whether initial
research or conclusions were or remain valid; at worst, the seeking of
references is a diversion from moving forward with the truth that is
self-evident.
Dennis
>>> Ania Lian <ania@lingua.arts.uq.edu.au> 11/11/99 02:50am >>>
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On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Muhammad Betz wrote:
> BTW, isn't
> ironically funny that John Dewey did not use reference notes much (if
any)?
> He would have a tough time of it in 1999!!!
> Muhammad B.
:-) HAs anyone read Fragments (short story) by Umberto Echo? It is a
true
must. Some of my students dug it out one day and thought it was really
on
target. I am very interested that Muhammad paid attention to it.
References when used in writing which is about conceptualisin things
may
in fact be more confusing than revealling.
Ania
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