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<font size="3">We all mourn the loss of Loet in different ways. I like to think of our unusually difficult dialogue: we tried 4 times to write a paper together, 2 at his initiative, 2 at mine. One high spot for me was the 2019 exchange below.</font>
</div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3">For those interested in one view of Loet's work on communication, I attach a snippet from my book.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3">Perhaps others can join by pointing to things in his work that made the greatest impression on them.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br></font></div><div><font size="3">Joseph</font></div>
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I have never thought of that label, but I agree. Thank you.
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I attach the book in the first version. I still have to work on the last chapter.
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From: "Joseph Brenner" <
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Subject: Epistemological Dynamics
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode";">Would you accept the term ‘epistemological dynamics’ as correctly referring to your field of study?
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