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Igel

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6. Hapax or consensus? Or the opinion of a PI and acolytes?

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Original post)

Fri Sep 26, 2025, 07:57 PM

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Inquiring minds and all that.

Still, lone teams pursuing a PI's personal history to exculpate one's self are never wrong.

I'm trained a Slavist. Those who had Roman Jakobson as Doktorvater or grandfather all repeated that one's personal history should not dictate one's research or agenda. Not published, but many Jakobson sayings (and doings) were not. This is anathema to many today, who dwell on their personal history as probative and definitive on all for all time. Still, I'm trained as a Slavist. (And the spelling indicates country of training.)

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