User:Andy Roberts
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Statement of Research Ethics
I will undertake each cycle or phase of research with a genuine intent to make improvements which I hope will bring benefit to myself and/or to others. Should it become apparent either to myself or as expressed by others that the action taken is having an opposite effect then I will abandon that cycle prematurely or take steps to mitigate the damage if the benefits are thought to substantially outweigh the disadvantages.
I will not take actions and decisions lightly, but after having given them serious reflective thought including an exploration of my own assumptions and motives.
I value the thoughts and opinions of others especially where they disagree with my own, and will endeavor to make space for them to be reported as a diversity with equal status.
Where personal writing is collected as data from anywhere other than fully public spaces, then permission to publish will be sought in each case, and anonymity will be offered as an option. In the case of data already published in public spaces where the implication of fair use is already granted, then I will ensure that the correct attribution remains attached to the author's words but also be prepared to remove any such reference upon request, even after publication of my work.
A Statement of personal philosophy
I believe that matter exists, that it is the primary condition and that ideas are abstracted patterns which arise out of an objective material reality rather than vice versa.
That the world is infinitely complex and variable, but generalised pattterns may be detected in common with other observers, which provide useful tools to understanding nature.
That better theories can give rise to qualitatively improved science and technique, replacing previously accepted theories, but that an absolute truth can never be claimed indefinitely.
That philosophies, theories, ideas, systems, models, tools, metaphors and diagrams provide an indispensable means of thinking about reality but only through approximation and a reduced representation of natural things and processes which should not be confused with the thing itself.
That human nature is a mixture of genetic predisposition formed over hundreds of thousands of years evolution as socially functioning primates, combined with the cultural knowledge and environment which has been built up by successive generations in the recent period known as civilisation.
portfolios
2003-6
2001
Flash guitar 1999
contact
email me at aroberts @ gmail.com
Live from my blog
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