Received: from ELI.CS.YALE.EDU by NEBULA.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Tue, 19 Oct 1993 14:03:25 -0400 Received: from YALEVM.YCC.YALE.EDU by eli.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Tue, 19 Oct 1993 14:03:11 -0400 Message-Id: <199310191803.AA03427@eli.CS.YALE.EDU> Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 7840; Tue, 19 Oct 93 14:01:10 EDT Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 4425; Tue, 19 Oct 93 14:04:02 EDT Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1993 14:00:00 EDT Reply-To: protin@USL.COM Sender: Lojban list From: Art Protin Subject: Re: TECH: "philosophy" (was: toldi nunsenva) X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Erik Rauch Status: RO X-Status: X-From-Space-Date: Tue Oct 19 10:00:00 1993 X-From-Space-Address: @YaleVM.YCC.YALE.EDU:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET lojbab hit one of my hot buttons with his comment > Since one of those places is a "methodology" place (x3), ... I am routinely bothered by the abuse of this word. I think that what is called for is "methods". Methodology is the study of methods. It involves documenting the methods used and going beyond that to instrument those methods to be able to collect data to analyse those methods. A good methodology results in the ongoing refinement of methods in search of the best way of doing things. Please do not use "methodology" when you mean "method". thank you all, Art Protin Arthur Protin STANDARD DISCLAIMER: The views expressed are strictly those of the author and are in no way indictative of his employer, customers, or this installation.