In a message dated 12/11/2008 8:46:19 PM Pacific Standard Time,
fredbaud(a)fairpoint.net writes:
We still have an editorial duty to evaluate the reliablility of
Professfor Hausfleish and the Journal of Jane Austen Studies. And, if
they are not reliable, reject them as inappropriate sources. If they are
just personal opinion, that's what they are, inappropriate sources.>>
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Hmmm. I think Fred if you follow this reasoning, you'll end up with
humanities articles stripped of all the "essence" and just dry
descriptions.
Interpretation is always going to be opinion.
We just have to make sure it's not *our* opinion, but rather the opinion
of
some established authority in that field.
Will Johnson
You have to examine the work cited and use reasonable judgment. Are
Friedrich Nietzsche's pronouncements (on various subjects) to be
considered authority?
Fred