19th March 2010, 05:08 PM
mididoctors
The questions are of a similar nature, but not of the same type, but that's a philosophy of science debate.
Aren't you ignoring that "if any"? "If any" distinguishes the question from being presumptive - it is asking for one to search for negative evidence for the hypothesis. It probably should be phrased more clearly though, first, stating the presumption, and then, asking for that presumption to be tested by archaeological "experiment". Is that, roughly, what niggles you about it? That it lacks rigor?
The questions are of a similar nature, but not of the same type, but that's a philosophy of science debate.
Aren't you ignoring that "if any"? "If any" distinguishes the question from being presumptive - it is asking for one to search for negative evidence for the hypothesis. It probably should be phrased more clearly though, first, stating the presumption, and then, asking for that presumption to be tested by archaeological "experiment". Is that, roughly, what niggles you about it? That it lacks rigor?
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