To inform our response to the traditionalist's commentary, we have corresponded directly with Dr. Oxman on email. We would like
to thank the traditionalists for this productive interchange. To be most clearly informative to the audience,
we will organize our response under areas in which we perceive clear agreement in
our viewpoints, areas in which there is partial agreement or in which we are uncertain
of the extent of agreement, and areas in which there is clear disagreement. In doing
so, we will quote directly from the traditionalist's emails. For points of agreement or possible agreement we will use the terms “pragmatic”
and “explanatory.”
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Accepted:
August 31,
2008
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