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Litigation

Apr. 27, 2006

Litigators Need to Use Science to Debunk Expert Testimony

Focus Column - By John F. Fielder - "... a critical attitude toward a subject can only be adopted when a complete mastery of its content has been attained. As long as the pupil is in the textbook stage he is prepared to accept, and is usually only too ready to accept, statements without any very searching inquiry into their foundation." - Norman Robert Campbell, "Foundations of Science"

Focus Column

By John F. Fielder
     
      "... a critical attitude toward a subject can only be adopted when a complete mastery of its content has been attained. As long as the pupil is in the textbook stage he is prepared to accept, and is usually only too ready to accept, statements without any very searching inquiry into their foundation."
      - Nor...

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