On Amanda Anderson's The Way We Argue Now

Amanda Anderson : The Way We Argue Now

ness is that it allows one to skirt the question of critical reflec­ tion. Since affect is typically presented in somatic and noncognitive terms, it often serves as a safe solution within a critical climate that has become suspicious not only of the perceived impersonality of abstract­ ness, but also of the forms of rationality that many of the abstract the­ ories themselves denounce. While the...

We Can’t Argue Forever

We analyze time-costly decision-making in committees by privately informed individuals, such as juries, panels, boards, etc. In the spirit of the Coase Conjecture, we show that the decision is ‘almost instantaneous’ when individuals entertain identical objectives. Delay can only be understood as the outcome of conflicting (biased) objectives.

Reflection for the undergraduate on writing in the portfolio: where are we now and where are we going?

Introduction: The portfolio can be seen as a tool for assessmentof a variety of learning activities that differ in content, usage, andassessment. The portfolio not only meets the learner’s educationalneeds but also the political and public reassurance demand thatthe health professional has achieved the required competency ofthe curriculum that allows him or her to practice safely with orwithout...

The Battle Against COVID-19: Where Do We Stand Now?

How Can We Argue With Performance Indicators?

We seem to be living in an age when the only way we can justify an organisational activity is with the use of numbers. Numbers, on the other hand, appear unarguable. The only way to argue with numbers is to find different numbers. To us numbers carry the imprimatur of truth. Yet, in 1979, Campbell documented his pessimistic laws of quantitative indicators. The more any quantitative indicator is...