Posted by James Tanner on March 28, 2010 at 9:49pm
As metaphilosophyis the study of the nature, aims and methods of philosophy. I wouldsubmit that, in the same vein, a metagenealogy would be the study of thenature, aims and methods of genealogy. I did not originate the term "metagenealogy"but its previous use, as far as I can determine, has not included adevelopment of the use of term as applied to the practice ofgenealogical research. I propose to develop a more rigorous set ofdefinitions consistent with the idea of moving the study of genealogyfrom its presently unstructured state into a more focused and definedpractical and intellectual discipline. Read more...
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