From: Paul Cockshott <paul@cockshott.com> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 13:22:21 +0000 On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, you wrote: > > What I think is important is that theorists _challenge_ their own > pre-conceptions at various stages in the ongoing process of theoretical > development. This embodies within it the maxim that 'we are never too old > to learn' and leave ourselves open to re-think, and perhaps change, > long-held beliefs. Certainly, continuing examination of empirical evidence > is an essential part of this process. > I think that every time that I have carried out an empirical investigation from the 70s to the present, I have discovered real relationships that surprised me because they differed from what was the accepted wisdom. -- Paul Cockshott, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland 0141 330 3125 mobile:07946 476966 paul@cockshott.com http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/people/personal/wpc/ http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~wpc/reports/index.html
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