Farming methodology?
However, since the late twentieth century there has been a significant philosophical interest in questions about animal experience, and how we should treat non- humans. Questions of animal welfare are increasingly seen as pressing moral issues, not simply practical questions about farming or scientific methodology.
Do the author want to say "farming methodology and scientific methodology" or just "farming, or scientific methodology"?
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There are two things in the list—farming is one, and scientific methodology is the other. "Farming" defaults to noun when it appears alone like that, and "scientific" is an adjective. If the writer meant "farming methodology" (and it is clear he did not), he should have written "agricultural or scientific methodology".
- There are two things in the list—farming is one, and scientific methodology is the other.
- "Farming" defaults to noun when it appears alone like that, and "scientific" is an adjective.
- If the writer meant "farming methodology" (and it is clear he did not), he should have written "agricultural or scientific methodology".
- Anyhow, farming does not have a "methodology".
- It always involves animals, whereas science does not.
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There are two things in the list—farming is one, and scientific methodology is the other. "Farming" defaults to noun when it appears alone like that, and "scientific" is an adjective. If the writer meant "farming methodology" (and it is clear he did not), he should have written "agricultural or scientific methodology". Anyhow, farming does not have a "methodology". It always involves animals,
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