Nice elucidation, Peter. And I fully concur with the distinction as it is made in English. My point was, though, that not all cultures make the distinction. I am running into a similar problem as I work with Russian colleagues on translating some of their very fine work into English. Endeavors that they wish to call "experimental" are by no means experimental, as we use the word in our field's subculture. It presents some interesting dilemmas in cross-cultural collaboration!
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/8/2007 10:29 AM >>> On Mar 8, 2007, at 9:40 AM, Elizabeth Gassin wrote: > Someone may have already answered this (we're on break, so I am > going through days of posts right now), but in other languages, the > word for "scholar" and "scientist" are the same (i.e., Russian... > and German, too, if I am not mistaken). A scholar is a broadly well-informed person. A scientist is one who, one expects, is well-informed in one or perhaps two related sciences. When a scientist is well and broadly informed (not necessarily expert) in-- literature, history, music, etc., etc. then he/she is a scholar. Einstein was a scholar as is, for example, Dawkins although he is not of the same stature. Sadly, nowadays we live in the age of specializations (both in the arts and the sciences) where most specialists do not see the wood from the trees. This state of affairs is doing untold damage to our civilizations. Once I complimented a well-known psychologist colleague by calling him a scholar. He bristled and said 'I am not a scholar, I am a scientist!) Therein lies many of our social problems. (Just a few days after we went to war in Afghanistan a class of graduate students were fully aware of the news, but could not say where is Afghanistan.) Peter Peter Harzem, B.Sc.(Lond.), Ph.D.(Wales) Hudson Professor Emeritus Department of Psychology Auburn University Auburn, AL 36849-5214 USA Phone: +334 844-6482 Fax: +334 844-4447 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personal E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
