{"id":51285,"date":"2020-03-04T12:49:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T20:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/world.edu\/?p=51285"},"modified":"2020-03-04T12:49:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T20:49:18","slug":"we-should-use-i-more-in-academic-writing-there-is-benefit-to-first-person-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/we-should-use-i-more-in-academic-writing-there-is-benefit-to-first-person-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"We should use \u2018I\u2019 more in academic writing \u2013 there is benefit to first-person perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51286\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/academic-writing23.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/academic-writing23.png 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/academic-writing23-250x89.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The use of the word \u201cI\u201d in academic writing, that is writing in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/examples.yourdictionary.com\/examples-of-writing-in-first-person.html\">first person<\/a>, has a troublesome history. Some say it makes writing too subjective, others that it\u2019s essential for accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>This is reflected in how students, particularly in secondary schools, are trained to write. Teachers I work with are often surprised that I advocate, at times, invoking the first person in essays or other assessment in their subject areas.<\/p>\n<p>In academic writing the role of the author is to explain their argument dispassionately and objectively. The author\u2019s personal opinion in such endeavours is neither here nor there.<\/p>\n<p>As noted in Strunk and White\u2019s highly influential\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jlakes.org\/ch\/web\/The-elements-of-style.pdf\">Elements of Style<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 (first published in 1959) the writer is encouraged to place themselves in the background.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Write in a way that draws the reader\u2019s attention to the sense and substance of the writing, rather than to the mood and temper of the author.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This all seems very reasonable and scholarly. The move towards including the first person perspective, however, is becoming more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/1607509\">acceptable<\/a>\u00a0in academia.<\/p>\n<p>There are times when invoking the first person is more meaningful and even rigorous than not. I will give three categories in which first person academic writing is more effective than using the third person.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>1. Where an academic is offering their personal view or argument<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Above, I could have said \u201cthere are three categories\u201d rather than \u201cI will give three categories\u201d. The former makes a claim of discovering some objective fact. The latter, a more intellectually honest and accountable approach, is me offering my interpretation.<\/p>\n<p>I could also say \u201cthree categories are apparent\u201d, but that is ignoring the fact it is apparent to\u00a0<em>me<\/em>. It would be an attempt to grant too much objectivity to a position than it deserves.<\/p>\n<p>In a similar vein, statements such as \u201cit can be argued\u201d or \u201cit was decided\u201d, using the passive voice, avoid responsibility. It is much better to say \u201cI will argue that\u201d or \u201cwe decided that\u201d and then go on to prosecute the argument or justify the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Taking responsibility for our stances and reasoning is important culturally as well as academically. In a participatory democracy, we are expected to be accountable for our ideas and choices. It is also a stand against the kinds of anonymous assertions that easily proliferate via fake and unnamed social media accounts.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/\">Nature<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 arguably one of the world\u2019s best science journals \u2013 prefers authors to selectively avoid the passive voice. Its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature-research\/for-authors\/write\">writing guidelines<\/a>\u00a0note:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Nature journals prefer authors to write in the active voice (\u201cwe performed the experiment\u2026\u201d) as experience has shown that readers find concepts and results to be conveyed more clearly if written directly.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4><strong>2. Where the author\u2019s perspective is part of the analysis<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Some disciplines, such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adelaide.edu.au\/writingcentre\/sites\/default\/files\/docs\/learningguide-firstpersonwritinganthropology.pdf\">anthropology<\/a>, recognise that who is doing the research and why they are doing it ought to be overtly present in their presentation of it.<\/p>\n<p>Removing the author\u2019s presence can allow important cultural or other perspectives held by the author to remain unexamined. This can lead to the so-called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/297525123_The_crisis_in_representation_Reflections_and_assessments\">crisis of representation<\/a>, in which the interpretation of texts and other cultural artefacts is removed from any interpretive stance of the author.<\/p>\n<p>This gives a false impression of objectivity. As the philosopher Thomas Nagal notes, there is no \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com.au\/View-Nowhere-Thomas-Nagel\/dp\/0195056442\">view from nowhere<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Philosophy commonly invokes the first person position, too.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/descartes\/\">Rene Descartes<\/a>\u00a0famously inferred \u201cI think therefore I am\u201d (<em>cogito ergo sum<\/em>). But his use of the first person in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classicallibrary.org\/descartes\/meditations\/\">Meditations on First Philosophy<\/a>\u00a0was not simply an account of his own introspection. It was also an invitation to the reader to think for themselves.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>3. Where the author wants to show their reasoning<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The third case is especially interesting in education.<\/p>\n<p>I tell students of science, critical thinking and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/philosophy.fas.harvard.edu\/files\/phildept\/files\/brief_guide_to_writing_philosophy_paper.pdf\">philosophy<\/a>\u00a0that a phrase guaranteed to raise my hackles is \u201cI strongly believe \u2026\u201d. In terms of being rationally persuasive, this is not relevant unless they then go on tell me\u00a0<em>why<\/em>\u00a0they believe it. I want to know what and how they are thinking.<\/p>\n<p>To make their thinking most clearly an object of my study, I need them to make themselves the subjects of their writing.<\/p>\n<p>I prefer students to write something like \u201cI am not convinced by Dawson\u2019s argument because\u2026\u201d rather than \u201cDawson\u2019s argument is opposed by DeVries, who says \u2026\u201d. I want to understand\u00a0<em>their<\/em>\u00a0thinking not just use the argument of DeVries.<\/p>\n<p>Of course I would hope they do engage with DeVries, but then I\u2019d want them to say which argument they find more convincing and what their\u00a0<em>own<\/em>\u00a0reasons were for being convinced.<\/p>\n<p>Just stating Devries\u2019 objection is good analysis, but we also need students to evaluate and justify, and it is here that the first person position is most useful.<\/p>\n<p>It is not always accurate to say a piece is written in the first or third person. There are reasons to invoke the first person position at times and reasons not to. An essay in which it is used once should not mean we think of the whole essay as from the first person perspective.<\/p>\n<p>We need to be more nuanced about how we approach this issue and appreciate when authors should \u201cplace themselves in the background\u201d and when their voice matters.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Author Bio:<\/strong> Peter Ellerton is a Lecturer in Critical Thinking; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project at The University of Queensland<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The use of the word \u201cI\u201d in academic writing, that is writing in the\u00a0first person, has a troublesome history. Some say it makes writing too subjective, others that it\u2019s essential for accuracy. This is reflected in how students, particularly in secondary schools, are trained to write. 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