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To: jbe who wrote (35739)	4/24/1999 5:00:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Not so fast, Joan! What you said, and what I disagree with, is very different that what Lather said, with which I do agree, and I will highlight the important difference: You said: >>>>>Any scholar/thinker/scientist/etc. worth his salt retains a healthy skepticism about his own findings/discoveries/hypotheses, and has enough humility to recognize that his word will not be the last on the subject<<<<< Lather said: >>>>>But some of the finest and most incisive research professionals I have known (from physics to anthropology) are willing to put their theories into the balance when new facts arrive.<<<<< You say that scholars retain skepticism about their ideas, and recognize that their word will not be the last, even before they are presented with new facts - Lather says that scholars are willing to change their minds when (after) they are presented with new facts. One is prospective in action, one is retrospective.