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Re: Gerold Firl and ethnographic data
Stephen Barnard (steve@megafauna.com)
Sat, 05 Oct 1996 16:51:11 -0800
Shannon Adams wrote:
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> Bryant wrote:
> >
> > In article <52h7j5$6av@mujibur.inmind.com>,
> > Daniel Maltz <dmaltz@inmind.com> wrote:
> > >Since neither Gerold nor Bryant seem to understand my point about
> > >the inadequacy of Elman Service's _Profiles in Ethnology_ as an
> > >authoritative source, I will make one attempt to explain myself.
> >
> > Disagreeing does not constitute misunderstanding, you arrogant twit.
> >
> > >For several years now, Gerold Firl has been posting a variety of
> > >theoretical arguments, supposedly rooted in ethnographic data.
> >
> > I was simply making the point that if you ask for a reference and get
> > one, you don't have a lot to whine about, so long as it covers the topic.
> >
> > If you have counter-references, post them. All I see you doing here is
> > saying "not good enough" as if that were a substantive objection to
> > points made.
> >
> > Bryant
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> I may be mistaken but didn't someone espousing an anti-post modern position
> do the same this with Sokal. That reference was not accepted either,
> correct?
Can you post a reference to that? :-)
Seriously, I don't recall it, but maybe I missed it. I have read that
thread carefully (as the originator).
Steve Barnard
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