http://www.logicmatters.net/2009/05/praise-where-praise-is-due/ Logic, enthusiasms, sceptical thoughts, and a little LaTeX geekery Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:23:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.logicmatters.net/2009/05/praise-where-praise-is-due/comment-page-1/#comment-562 Anonymous Sun, 24 May 2009 22:53:02 +0000 http://www.logicmatters.net/?p=457#comment-562 From the fact that 'praise is due' to the so many that are so well written are we to infer that praise is not due to those that are less well written, where well written refers to clarity of writing style, as opposed to quality of content? An essay could be of high quality but not entirely clear, and so not 'well written' in that sense. One would hope that essays of high quality which did not meet certain preferred standards of clarity are due praise, too. From the fact that ‘praise is due’ to the so many that are so well written are we to infer that praise is not due to those that are less well written, where well written refers to clarity of writing style, as opposed to quality of content? An essay could be of high quality but not entirely clear, and so not ‘well written’ in that sense. One would hope that essays of high quality which did not meet certain preferred standards of clarity are due praise, too.

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