Formalism’s value depends on the interpreter’s specialization level.

Evidence

Indeed it is possible that specialized interpreters should reject formalism but that nonspecialists should embrace it; and academic specialists are unlikely to appreciate this point. — Cass R. Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule, Interpretation and Institutions, 38

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader literature on bounded rationality and division of cognitive labor in institutions. — connects to: Indeed it is possible that specialized interpreters should reject formalism but that nonspecialists should embrace it; and academic specialists are unlikely to appreciate this point. Our principal goal here is to pose the question of interpretation in a form that will sidestep these role-related and cognitive traps, enabling interpretive theory to highlight the neglected issues.

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