apologies; now i feel responsible for opening this particular can of worms
i only meant "facts" in the limited sense of something you can hold in your
hand; material culture
"what is truth" being the oldest question in philosophy, i avoid using the
word "truth" as much as possible
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From: "Tim Thompson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 1:03 AM
Subject: Re: HISTARCH Digest - 10 Jul 2006 to 11 Jul 2006 (#2006-161)
> Come now, 'facts'? take about three weeks and wade through the 30+ years
> of agonizing about Hypothetico-deductive models and epistemology in
> Ameriican Archaeological Journals