Re: Pig-headedness and anthropology

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Ronald Kephart wrote:
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> Shannon Adams <shannon_adams@byu.edu> wrote:
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> >And while I personally believe that an individual has the RIGHT to >decide what he/she believes to be correct [...]
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> Yes, everyone has the right to their beliefs. But, as I tell my students in linguistics and anthropology classes, unless you can back up your beliefs
with EVI
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> For example, I always have linguistics students who refuse to learn that Black English is, from a linguistic perspective, as good an example of human
language
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> You could construct a parallel example using the "creationism" vs. evolution "debate". Which one is backed up by EVIDENCE?
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> Ron Kephart
> University of North Forida

But the evidence issue is a big part of a lot of western ethnocentrism. What
will you accept as evidence and what others will accept as evidence may be
vastly different.

Shannon

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