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Discussion: Physical and Social Facts in Anthropology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

J. A. Barnes
J. A. Barnes*
Affiliation:
Australian National University
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In his recent paper Gellner singles me out for special comment and some reply is called for. He attributes to me several propositions which he says I made in my note on ‘Physical and social kinship’ in this journal, and he then refutes them. Reading his paper I cannot avoid thinking that he exaggerates the differences between us, thereby apparently strengthening his argument. Some substantial differences there are, but others are fictional. A line-by-line analysis of what he says about me in his paper might be amusing but would be of only ephemeral interest. In this reply I confine myself to a few important issues.

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Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , July 1964 , pp. 294 - 297
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Copyright © 1964 by Philosophy of Science Association

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