tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post6356831184133245615..comments2023-08-27T12:35:12.308+02:00Comments on sanscrite cogitare, sanscrite loqui: Why talking about methodology?elisa freschihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17068583874519657894noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-9761210458111527512010-10-07T00:27:49.144+02:002010-10-07T00:27:49.144+02:00Elisa,
of course.Elisa,<br />of course.michael reidynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-38608382140495752902010-10-06T15:51:00.881+02:002010-10-06T15:51:00.881+02:00Michael, thanks, your words about the "vast i...Michael, thanks, your words about the "vast interconnected web of definitions that inhibit any other way of looking at the world" describes exactly my target. May I quote you, should I ever re-write about it?<br /><br />Jayarava, I completely agree with your points about the fact that "we all have a method and all methods have limitations. Being aware of both points seems to me the best remedy against the risk of ideology (which builds the totalitarian web Michael refers to, whereas acknowledging one's method makes one aware of it and makes one aware of the possibility of other options). I also beg your pardon, I could have used "method" instead of methodology (=reflection on method) in a couple of cases at least. <br />I am not sure I understand your point about the only method, conjecture and refutations. Conjecture and refutation, too, do not occur in an epistemological vacuum, they depend on one's presuppositions and method…don't they?elisa freschihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068583874519657894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-22235472625211983492010-10-06T14:36:10.893+02:002010-10-06T14:36:10.893+02:00The standard method for the great systems is to fl...The standard method for the great systems is to flood your mind with a vast interconnected web of definitions that inhibit any other way of looking at the world. It seems a well appointed home but is it a prison? Others then in the analytic tradition offer you devices for escape but when you get beyond the guarded perimeter you are nowhere.michael reidyhttp:\\ombhurbhuva.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641738716446631837.post-26396760271349209852010-10-06T13:11:50.596+02:002010-10-06T13:11:50.596+02:00I've heard Richard Gombrich say that there is ...I've heard Richard Gombrich say that there is no such thing as <i>methodology</i>, only <i>method</i>. Lots of approaches. But basically one method - conjecture and refutation. <br /><br />As someone with no formal training in Indology, but a long interest and engagement with the subject, I often find the papers where there is a specific agenda less interesting than those who take a broad approach. It seems to me that 'methodology' is often an academic synonym for ideology, and the ideological content is often simply boring because I know what the conclusion is from the start. <br /><br />It's not as if, say, a philological approach to conjecture and refutation cannot be informed by a historical, or sociological approach for instance.<br /><br />Anyone who is attempting to write about a subject or a problem does of course need to make clear what their method is - though I suppose this could be done <i>inter alia</i> or implicitly. To ignore questions of method is to overlook the fact that we all have a method and all methods have limitations. It smacks of self-deception.Jayaravahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06815277098386812048noreply@blogger.com