August 15, 2003
Avoiding Problematics in the Production of Knowledge
Like youth subcultures, the military, and organized crime, the academic world has its own distinctive lingo -- expressions that insiders know and use, without ever thinking how odd they might sound to the uninitiated. Not to recognize such an idiom can be a source of potentially severe social awkwardness. Imagine thinking that "hermeneutics" means the same thing as "heuristics"! It would be like realizing, halfway through dinner, that you'd eaten your salad with a soup spoon.
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