On Dec 11, 2008, at 11:51 PM, Fred Bauder wrote:
Bald assertions of authority by persons with academic
credentials are
unacceptable. They are required to cite reliable sources same as
anyone
else and, if they are competent, should know the literature in their
field.
Sure. But on the other hand, we should recognize that the nature of
"the literature in their field" differs from field to field. Frankly,
NOR was written for a field more like chemistry than like literary
studies. And that poses a problem.
-Phil