TY - JOUR AU - Häkli, Jouni PY - 2019/04/29 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Mapping the 'gray area' – commentary to Tulumello JF - Fennia - International Journal of Geography JA - Fennia VL - 197 IS - 1 SE - Reflections DO - 10.11143/fennia.80011 UR - https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/80011 SP - 158-159 AB - <p>As a response to Simone Tulumello’s essay ‘Generalization, epistemology and concrete: what can social sciences learn from the common sense of engineers’, in this commentary I reflect on some of the issues that I consider key elements in his provocative original text. I mainly pay attention to the question of balancing between ideal-typical simplification and nuance in Tulumello’s argumentation, pointing at the risks involved in a writing strategy that seeks not only to engage and inspire but also persuade and convince.</p> ER -