Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 18:02:01 +0000 (GMT)
From: Karl Maton <kam13-AT-hermes.cam.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: hysteresis



Apart from definitions, does anyone have any opinions about its
usefulness?  I'd be interested to hear whether others find it useful.  I
think it obviouly indicates something which intuitively makes a lot of
sense, but I am a little wary of its ad hoc nature, the way it saves
habitus and cannot really be described separately from the very practices
it is meant to be defining.  This isn't to deny it's usefulness, but to
draw attention to caution I feel is needed when jumping on the idea as a
means of 'explaining' otherwise difficult or anomalous issues.  

Best wishes,

Karl

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