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  • From: "Rolf Furuli" <furuli AT online.no>
  • To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] how scholars debate controversial issues
  • Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:27:38 -0000

Dear Bill,

At the University of Oslo, master theses and doctoral dissertations are found at the University library, primarily in book form, but in some instances in electronic form. Since the theses or dissertations are the property of the authors, each author is free to place restrictions on the use of his or her work. My dissertation is found in several libraries in Norway, and it can be borrowed. But it will not come in electronic form.

Best regards,

Rolf Furuli
University of Oslo

----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Rea" <bsr15 AT cantsl.it.canterbury.ac.nz>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] how scholars debate controversial issues


Kenneth asked:-

I am not a scholar, and I have not understood anything in the argument
about Rolf's dissertation or whatever the discussion has been about. I am
just curious about how scholars debate normally. Is the debate that
you've been doing on B-Hebrew the normal way that scholars discuss
controversial subjects or is this somehow different? Also, when someone
has a controversial opinion like Rolf, don't scholars analyze the ideas
right away because it sounds like his ideas have been around for a while
and no one has analyzed them. Maybe I did not understand the discussion,
but it sounds like this to me.

Although Rolf has worked on his ideas for ten years or so and has
posted on this list a number of times, he has only completed his
Ph.D. quite recently and so the full work has only just become
available. It was not until the full dissertation became available
that anyone could look at it in detail. Paradigm shifts occur
rapidly. When a new idea comes along which is better than the
previous one (e.g. Quantum mechanics, evolution) it only takes
a matter of a few years to revolutionise the field. Unfortunately,
most original research ends up going down a dead end and produces
nothing useful. That's a general observation, not a specific one
on the subject of Rolf's work.

The world of theses is moving into the electronic age. Here, all
Master's and Ph.D. theses are required to be submitted in
electronic form in addition to the traditional hard-bound
volumes. They are being made available on the web for download
by anyone interested. We are no leader in this, but it appears
Rolf's thesis isn't available in electronic form so perhaps the
policy at Oslo is different.


Bill Rea, ICT Services, University of Canterbury \_
E-Mail bill.rea AT canterbury.ac.nz </ New
Phone 64-3-364-2331, Fax 64-3-364-2332 /) Zealand
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