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Ronald Coase on theory and practice

January 10, 2010 – 12:10 am

As we embark on an examination of what it means to be both a scholar and a Baha’i, this passage from Ronald Coase seems to align generally with our conceptual framework:
“As I see it, progress in understanding the working of the economic system will come from an interplay between theory and empirical work. The [...]

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A Framework for Learning about Baha’i Scholarship

September 12, 2008 – 12:01 am

In Communities of Practice, Etienne Wenger discusses how groups of practitioners learn by pursuing a common enterprise. He defines practice as a shared history of learning — shared experiences of histories of participation and reification in the world. For example, the Baha’i world community is currently pursuing an enterprise of growth. Together, we are learning [...]

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