Comment

Nigel Hollis and Erik du Plessis

These are the final comments on the debate between Robert Heath on the one hand and Nigel Hollis and Erik du Plessis on the other on the issue of the significance of high involvement processing (HIP) and low involvement processing (LIP).

Comment

Nigel Hollis and Erik du Plessis

 

If attack is truly the best means of defence, then Heath puts up a good defence. The only question is, what is he defending against? Clearly, he is reading a lot more into our article than we intended. Rather than try to undermine LIP, we set out to provide an alternative viewpoint on its role and implications.

The heat of the debate between Robert Heathand ourselves has probably obscured the substantial common ground we share, and it is perhaps worth finishing this debate by reviewing those points of agreement....

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