Originally Posted by rmdmphilosopher

Ah, thank you everyone...

Chris, thanks for the advice. The Myth of Neutrality was already the line I was taking dialectically (mostly depending on some cogent arguments from Clauser's book, which is a holy cow in areas influence by my college ;-). But I was not aware of Bahnsen's contributions on the subject. Thank you!

And Casey, I think you're onto something as well. Definitely onto something. I'll research the history of those two ideas.

Finally, Evie--that was some *very* useful information. I'll be getting my hands on a copy of the Bluebook, and using legal history as a strong historical argument (I'd already considered the possibility, from studies I'm also conducting for a paper on Christian influence on the legal conception of the nature of Law, but you've definitely decided me).

I think with these tips I should now be able to adequately answer the error on a historical basis. Thanks so much!