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Re: Single cause theories
Harriet Whitehead (whitehea@WSUNIX.WSU.EDU)
Fri, 21 Apr 1995 07:53:09 -0700
Nick,
Sounds like I did understand what you said...
Harriet Whitehead
Anthropology WSU
On Thu, 20 Apr 1995, Nick Corduan wrote:
> Harriet,
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> I am afraid you totally misunderstood what I said!
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> I did not say at all that multiple-cause theories would sweep all causes into
> one basket callied "human inclination." I complained that that is what
> single-cause theories do.
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> I was arguing that the very fact that most societies had to *establish* legal
> or spirtual guidelines against incenst disproves the idea that there is one
> humanity-wide leaning against incest.
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> Nick---
>
> --
> Nick Corduan "...there is as much dignity in tilling
> at a field as in writing a poem."
> (nickc@use.com) --Booker T. Washington
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