I think they relate like a paralegal to a lawer. It takes a great composer
to write a concerto, not a master student. I am reluctant to devaluate the
Ph.D. dissertaion by comparing it to M.Phil thesis.
Lubomir Popov
At 09:11 AM 8/8/2000 +1000, Paul Murty wrote:
>Owain
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>Perhaps it's like comparing a concerto with a symphony.
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>A symphony can be a more ambitious undertaking but a
>great concerto, while less 'weighty' is no less a great work.
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>Paul
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>> Rosan Chow wrote:
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>> > ....I would like to hear how your work distinguish itself as a doctoral
>> > dissertation....
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>Owain Pedgley wrote:
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>> In my view, MPhil and PhD research in design should be no different to
other
>> subject areas in satisfying *all* of the listed criteria. The distinction
>> between Masters and Doctoral work, to my mind, lies in the 'weight' of the
>> submission: in the depth of analyses forming the contribution to knowledge,
>> in the breadth of penetration of the subject matter and in the significance
>> of what has been achieved.
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>> I'd be interested
>> in other people's views and trying to turn the analogy to plain English.
>> I'm sure plenty of people have written about these matters from all
kinds of
>> backgrounds. Also, along the way, maybe we'd also benefit from trying to
>> pinpoint exactly what is meant by 'a contribution to knowledge in design'?
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>> Owain
>> Dr Owain Pedgley, R&D Industrial Designer
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