I had some difficulty understanding the query Reid was presenting in his email. It took a bit of translating, I think. I'll try to describe my reasoning. The initial, plain reading was that Reid didn't understand the paragraph because it contained words he was unfamiliar with. I tried to find them. The paragraph in question passes through Word with far fewer red squigglies than most of mine, and I consider my own writing to be downright folksy. Gods help us if we are limited to Word's words. With the exception of an AWOL apostrophe, I cant think what I would change. Simply writing to a list indicating you don't understand particular words strikes me as a terrific waste of time, so I realized that Reid must have something else in mind. Clearly, there was a deeper meaning that needed to be drawn out. Perhaps what Reid was saying is this: "Although exposed to terms like axiology and praxis--as any social scientist has been over the last few decades, whether wittingly or no--those in my own field(s) tend to treat these ideas superficially and uncritically. I wonder whether Jeremy or others might be willing to provide some good entry points to the idea of transdisciplinarity for someone who does not have a significant background in, say, cultural studies or STS." At least that is the way I translated his epistle, and as someone who has spent the last few years bathed in a different kind of scholarly credo, it resonates with me. Its purpose was not transparent, and I suppose there are other possible interpretations. I hope that Reid will correct me if the one I have proffered is incorrect. Alex PS. Yes, I made up the word "squigglies." It is a portmanteau of "squiggles" and "uglies," i.e., something that squiggles in the ugliest of ways.
This was taken from Jeremy Hunsinger's website at: http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/
Evidently, science as Jeremy understands it, is properly described by crafting words of his own making. In my judgment, it suffers from a di-flucass of the ugang and is further compackliated by a clogged zortch.
Reid
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