> Two (related) things I have learned from (or that have been reinforced
> by) the "hermeneutic Austrians" (Lachmann school Austrians at GMU and
> NYU):
> 
> 1. read others "generously" though critically
> 2. humility about one's own position
> 
> the first was known by grad students at NYU during Lachmann's times as
> "Lachmann's Law": especially when reading work of an 
> alternative school
> of thought, one should "try to make the most sense of what is being
> read."

these make sense. They're good practice on pen-l, too.
JD 

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