>
> In a message dated 12/11/2008 8:46:19 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> [email protected] writes:
>
> We still  have an editorial duty to evaluate the reliablility of
> Professfor  Hausfleish and the Journal of Jane Austen Studies. And, if
> they are not  reliable, reject them as inappropriate sources. If they are
> just personal  opinion, that's what they are, inappropriate  sources.>>
>
>
> ----------------
> Hmmm.  I think Fred if you follow this reasoning, you'll end up with
> humanities articles stripped of all the "essence" and just  dry
> descriptions.
> Interpretation is always going to be opinion.
>
> We just have to make sure it's not *our* opinion, but rather the opinion
> of
> some established authority in that field.
>
> Will Johnson
>

You have to examine the work cited and use reasonable judgment. Are
Friedrich Nietzsche's pronouncements (on various subjects) to be
considered authority?

Fred


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