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The Denial of Relevance: Biography of a Quest(ion) Amidst the Min(d)fields—Groping and Stumbling

Early research on just why it might be the case that “the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation” suggested that denial of relevance was a significant factor. Asking why denial of relevance would be significant and how it might be resolved began to raise issues of the very nature of questions. Pursuing the nature of questions, in light of denial of relevance and Thoreau’s “quiet desperation” provoked a journey of modeling questions and constructing a biography of the initial question of this research and its evolution. Engaging literature from philosophy, neuroscience, and retrieval then combined with deep interviews of successful lawyers to render a thick, biographical model of questioning.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc699917
Date08 1900
CreatorsVanBebber, Marion Turner
ContributorsO'Connor, Brian Clark, Duban, James, Kearns, Jodi L.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatvii, 251 pages : color illustrations, Text
RightsPublic, VanBebber, Marion Turner, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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