Described in this paper is a computer system, RESEARCHER, beine: develoDed at Columbia that reads natural languagk text-in th(? form of patent abstracts and creates.a permanent long-term memory based on concepts generaliz+ from these texts, forming an intelligent mformatlon s stem. This pa er is intended to give an overview of RESEARCHER & e will describe briefly the four main areas dealt ’ wit...

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This paper discusses what it means to be a good qualitative researcher. The aim is to deliberately blur the distinction between epistemic and ethical goodness by arguing that there is a close connection between being a good qualitative researcher in the epistemic and the ethical senses. First, the relation between researcher and researched is articulated as a power relation giving rise to certa...