Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 10:40:20 -0700
From: Bill Spight <bspight@pacbell.net>
To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Encoding and Decoding
Dear Robin,
Bill:
Validation is one of the basic issues. <s>
Robin:
Don't know whether that's entirely serious or not, so I'll play safe by assuming it is.
Bill:
Some people use <smile> to indicate that they are kidding. I don't. I usually use <grin>.
Robin:
Perhaps I should have said "the principles". As in, what might we try to validate? So it's invalid to say, no, that can't be true, it's too difficult to validate.
Bill:
Yes, validation is a methodological, not a theoretical issue (although it is related to operational definitions).
But it is still basic. Freudian theory founders on questions of validation.
Best,
Bill
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