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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Richard Landes wrote: > > At 04:15 PM 1/22/02 -0500, you wrote: > > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > > culture > > > > This seems to me an extremely sharp point. Anyone who claims > > someone's > > motivation is other what is claimed has got quite a large job of > > explaining > > to do. (We are usually happy to do it, encased as we are in a set of > > values > > and techniques intended to do just that, but it's a pretty iffy > > enterprise, > > epistemologically speaking). > > jw > > it may indeed be difficult. but anyone who thinks that most of the > avowed motivations that people write justifying their behavior are > worth taking at their face value, are either terminally naive, or > share the agenda of the person whose protestations they accept. i > would say that we all have lots of explaining to do -- those of us who > suspect, and those who take the motivation as presented by the person > in question. in any case the "easy" answer in the case is most often > dangerously simplistic. > > richard hmmm...wonder what he really means by that. ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html