Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 09:40:51 +1200
From: Hugh.Roberts-AT-vuw.ac.nz (Hugh Roberts)
Subject: Re: Foucauldian readings on the History and Philosophy of Scientific


>With Foucault,
>there is much in the way of interviews and personal opinions.  Don't ignore
>Foucault's interviews as they can sometimes offer a clearer meaning than his
>texts. To those scholars who dismiss this method as irrelevant or
>"uncolloquial" I have to disagree.  when there is an ambiguity or a
>contradiction, why wouldn't one look to the author.

Perhaps we should re-title this thread "the revenge of the author-function"?

Cheers
Hugh Roberts
hugh.roberts-AT-vuw.ac.nz