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From: sarge@thirdi.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech
Subject: Re: What is a methodology
Message-ID: <97@thirdi.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 15-Aug-87 01:26:16 EDT
Article-I.D.: thirdi.97
Posted: Sat Aug 15 01:26:16 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 16-Aug-87 09:16:18 EDT
References: <91@thirdi.UUCP> <385@hubcap.UUCP>
Reply-To: sarge@thirdi.UUCP (Sarge Gerbode)
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Organization: Institute for Research in Metapsychology
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Keywords: methodology science
Summary: Methodology evolves with a science.

In article <385@hubcap.UUCP> steve@hubcap.UUCP ("Steve" Stevenson) writes:

>On Biep's side, knowing what questions to ask is critical.  In this age of the
>quick fix, it is hard to pin folks down as to what the ultimate questions
>really are. [This has been particularly annoying in my own discipline.]

Good point, and I didn't mean to denigrate Biep's presentation.  I think,
however, that you can't specify the questions, nor the methodology, in advance.
Both evolve with the science.
-- 
"Absolute knowledge means never having to change your mind."

Sarge Gerbode
Institute for Research in Metapsychology
950 Guinda St.
Palo Alto, CA 94301
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