I have expressed confusion above over your claim regarding books, where you stated that they are “not that good for demonstrating the evidence for particular claims.” Can you please respond to that specific request for clarification?
You made an argument that books are not helpful for demonstrating claims. First, you stated that the book I cited was not peer reviewed. I pointed out that the book was actually peer reviewed. Would you please respond to my statement and avoid making further claims until you actually respond to my statement?
I pointed out a number of books, including my book and Daniel Kahneman’s book, that are based on primary sources. There is no difference, in fact, between a peer-reviewed academic article and a book—they are both peer-reviewed pieces, and are both based on primary source evidence. Do you disagree? If so, please explain your disagreement. After all, if you do not take books to be good evidence, that is a basic difference in our worldviews, and I have no interest in further engaging in this matter.
First, you stated that the book I cited was not peer reviewed.
I said “Peer reviewed study”. That phrase not only contains “peer reviewed” but also study. In general high quality studies get published in papers. A good scientific textbook refers to a bunch of peer reviewed studies but it usually isn’t the primary source.
In this case it might be that some gender study folks have different idea of how to do science. After all they want to do science in a feminist framework. That might result in a study really being published in a book.
I think most people on LW do have alarm bells that ring if a gender study folks say they don’t like the way science is done traditionally and they rather want to follow a feminist framework.
I pointed out a number of books, including my book and Daniel Kahneman’s book, that are based on primary sources.
A book that is based on primary sources is a secondary source, it’s not itself a primary source. A much better secondary source than a click-bait mainstream media article but still a secondary source.
I have expressed confusion above over your claim regarding books, where you stated that they are “not that good for demonstrating the evidence for particular claims.” Can you please respond to that specific request for clarification?
You made an argument that books are not helpful for demonstrating claims. First, you stated that the book I cited was not peer reviewed. I pointed out that the book was actually peer reviewed. Would you please respond to my statement and avoid making further claims until you actually respond to my statement?
I pointed out a number of books, including my book and Daniel Kahneman’s book, that are based on primary sources. There is no difference, in fact, between a peer-reviewed academic article and a book—they are both peer-reviewed pieces, and are both based on primary source evidence. Do you disagree? If so, please explain your disagreement. After all, if you do not take books to be good evidence, that is a basic difference in our worldviews, and I have no interest in further engaging in this matter.
I said “Peer reviewed study”. That phrase not only contains “peer reviewed” but also study. In general high quality studies get published in papers. A good scientific textbook refers to a bunch of peer reviewed studies but it usually isn’t the primary source.
In this case it might be that some gender study folks have different idea of how to do science. After all they want to do science in a feminist framework. That might result in a study really being published in a book.
I think most people on LW do have alarm bells that ring if a gender study folks say they don’t like the way science is done traditionally and they rather want to follow a feminist framework.
A book that is based on primary sources is a secondary source, it’s not itself a primary source. A much better secondary source than a click-bait mainstream media article but still a secondary source.