tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929346053949579231.post1971262312074096320..comments2024-03-23T00:59:24.057-04:00Comments on Sapping Attention: Full-text American versions of the Times chartsBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04856020368342677253noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929346053949579231.post-25757230227488806752014-09-24T14:48:18.009-04:002014-09-24T14:48:18.009-04:00I am really impressed from your imaginative thinki...I am really impressed from your imaginative thinking and impressive stated information, i am glad. Image masking Servicehttp://www.clippingsolutions.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929346053949579231.post-24096482111887162842010-12-06T14:56:13.627-05:002010-12-06T14:56:13.627-05:00I resent the implication, 'Hank', that I m...I resent the implication, 'Hank', that I might somehow imperil Ben's progress.<br /><br />Ben--it's 'Ann' Blair. Takes one to know one.Annenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929346053949579231.post-71459632325197710542010-12-06T09:43:23.860-05:002010-12-06T09:43:23.860-05:00I think there are two supposed to be two counter-t...I think there are two supposed to be two counter-trends, hence the but: an overall growth in science, but a narrowing in meaning. It's sort of an apology for science not completely taking the world by storm as technology does.<br /><br />Isn't that commonplace about the natural sciences becoming "the sciences"--I couldn't source it, but I know back in an Anne Blair class we read a lot of comparative epistemologies from the 12-13C on, and this just seemed to be assumed. Arnold comes in to oppose the Humanities--this is bastardized memories of freshman year, but isn't it just some story about Huxley vs. Arnold prefiguring the CP Snow Two Cultures split, as opposed to Geisteswissenschaften and all that jazz? Maybe it's a little less true in the US, with stronger connections to German universities, but it's still familiar here, right?Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04856020368342677253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929346053949579231.post-1220161656517802242010-12-05T12:34:28.428-05:002010-12-05T12:34:28.428-05:002.0 -
From the Times caption for the "scien...2.0 - <br /><br />From the Times caption for the "science" graph: <br /><br />"Reaching a peak in 1874, its use shows the age's growing interest in science but may also reflect changes in the word's meaning. By the mid-19th century the word 'science' was increasingly associated with the natural sciences."<br /><br />A. Why is "but" the conjunction for the first sentence - don't these go hand-in-hand?<br /><br />B. Where is this interpretation about natural sciences coming from, and how does it help explain the noted uptick?Hanknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8929346053949579231.post-52574859406125241932010-12-04T15:44:55.312-05:002010-12-04T15:44:55.312-05:00Ben - Continued rafts of good material (here's...Ben - Continued rafts of good material (here's hoping it won't dry up after a return to domestic normalcy in a few months?). I agree about "science," and I'd like to talk more about this soon. <br /><br />@gwijthoff (Princeton English) has been doing some interesting thinking on this, re: the word "Gadget" and changing meanings over time, with simple periodized google-searches and then use tags to map change over time. <br /><br />For now, let's see some thoughts on how to tag for meaning before we get full genre-indexing for the database!Hanknoreply@blogger.com