Re: Abstractism

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 31 2002 - 13:19:05 GMT

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    Hi Robin Faichney -

    >My actual position, for those who are interested, is that culture can
    >in principle be studied without reference to meaning -- confined to
    >observing patterns of behaviour -- but the usefulness of doing so is
    >limited, and in practice -- and in particular where the study is part
    >of the culture (ie it's our own) -- it's extremely difficult. More at
    >http://www.ii01.org/culture.html

    It's rare when Robin and I come to some sharing of the road, but, there
    it is.

    - Wade

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