I had said that, "...your 'evidence' looks much more anecdotal than empirical".
Anecdotal means: a short narrative concerning an interesting or amusing
incident or event. I still believe that your evidence looks more anecdotal
than empirical. Especially in the sense of "empirical method", where a
single data point is not normally considered strong evidence.
PS: Since you cc'ed your response to [EMAIL PROTECTED] perhaps
you could tell me how to subscribe to this list-server (or if anyone else
reading this overly personal exchange could tell me how it would be
helpful).
Muriel Strand wrote:
> please note that empirical means "relying on observation or experiment; guided by
> experience rather than theory." i had always understood that a single observation
>was
> by definition empirical???
>
> and then, how exactly can a reference be itself empirical if what one observes is a
> description of observation/s of event/s?
>
> Michael Atherton wrote:
>
> > Muriel Strand wrote:
> >
> > snip
> > (besides your "evidence" looks much more anecdotal than empirical).
> >
>
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