Jon, You cannot actually separate fact from interpretation and theory , because then you have no structure to organize the facts--and, even worse, no basis to select the facts. (that's basis, as in structural foundation) All you can do is indicate, preferably by ordinary language, how certain the facts are, how accepted the interpretations, and how well-grounded the theories. -- And, as in most science texts, present them both together, in small chunks. It is noit difficult for a reader to tell fact from interpretation, but the reader needs knowledge to judge their liklihood and validity)
I think I have the right metaphor from my profession: when somebody asks me for a book and I do not know what level or what sort of a book s/he is looking for, I take out a carefully selected few (definitely not a random few), and say, If none of these are what you wanted, ask me again. After seeing them, s/he knows what to ask for. There is no practical way to get people to read only what they ought to read. If you try doing it as a teacher, & it does not suit the class, they do not do the reading. On 10/18/06, Jon Awbrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o > > All -- > > I've been trying to keep up with what's going on in the Forums, > at least, what hasn't sunk beneath the "10 Most Recent" window > while I go for a cup of coffee, but I haven't found that to be > the best place for considered discussion, so maybe I'll try to > respond on list when there is some especially compelling issue. > > Incidentally, a long time interest in qualitative research methods, > and especially "discourse analysis", led me to think about methods > of content analysis and policy analysis that might be useful in > building a Discussion Archive for Citizendium, but that would > require a collaboration with tech folk, and they probably > have more pressing business on their hands right now. > > Anyway, here's a mock up of a "first pass digest" > that I made for the relevant thread in the forum: > > http://www.textop.org/wiki/index.php?title=Grounded_Research_And_Verifiable_Information > > A chronological digest like that would form the raw data > for higher levels of logical and semantic content analysis. > > I also found that the "print format" provided by > the forum software is very useful for keeping up > with your favorite threads, for example: > > http://textop.org/smf/index.php?action=printpage;topic=13.0 > > But I really opened this window to comment on the most recent post of that > thread: > > | > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | Title: Re: Grounded Research And Verifiable Information (GRAVI) > | Post by: djafar4 on October 18, 2006, 05:19:23 AM > | > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > | > | A way to present information is to clearly separate facts from their > interpretation. > | Anyone has the right to expose an information but should be aware of his > subjectivity. > | A change in the police color could inform the reader, may be with the help > of expert > | (editor?). > > I think that the questions of separating fact from interpretation -- > Can we really do that? If so, how far can we really do that? -- > are worth our continuing consideration as we think about the > topic of sourcing research and the policies that bear on it. > > More to the point: How are these questions currently handled > by the professions that face them on a day-to-day basis? > > Jon Awbrey > > o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o > inquiry e-lab: http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/ > citizendium development forums: http://smf.citizendium.org > http://www.textop.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:Jon_Awbrey > wikinfo: http://wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=User:Jon_Awbrey > wp review: http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showuser=398 > o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o > > _______________________________________________ > Citizendium-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l > -- David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. _______________________________________________ Citizendium-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citizendium-l
