The Status of Evidence: A Roundtable

The document that follows is the fruit of an experiment. To broaden the scope of this issue of PMLA , Heather Dubrow, coordinator of the special topic, suggested that the journal invite a group of academics to meet during the 1994 MLA convention to discuss the status of evidence. The participants, who were chosen to represent a range of specialities and interests, wrote preliminary statements that were circulated in the group before the meeting. Some of the questions raised during the discussion arose from these statements.