http://malcolmpollack.com/2005/09/08/giving-dr-vallicella-a-breather-no-human-nature/ I go many places Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:28:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://malcolmpollack.com/2005/09/08/giving-dr-vallicella-a-breather-no-human-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-47 waka waka waka » Blog Archive » Standard Equipment Tue, 18 Oct 2005 15:01:37 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/?p=6#comment-47 [...] Some years ago anthropologist Donald E. Brown published a book called Human Universals. Its argument is that there are cultural traits that can be found in every human society - universal characteristics that, because they are manifest in all cultures throughout history and in all environmental settings, clearly must represent innate features of human nature. Such an idea, of course, flies in the face of the “progressive” intellectual fashions of the past century, fashions that persist to this day, as discussed in a previous post. [...] [...] Some years ago anthropologist Donald E. Brown published a book called Human Universals. Its argument is that there are cultural traits that can be found in every human society – universal characteristics that, because they are manifest in all cultures throughout history and in all environmental settings, clearly must represent innate features of human nature. Such an idea, of course, flies in the face of the “progressive” intellectual fashions of the past century, fashions that persist to this day, as discussed in a previous post. [...]

]]> http://malcolmpollack.com/2005/09/08/giving-dr-vallicella-a-breather-no-human-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-39 waka waka waka » Blog Archive » The Third Rail Touched Thu, 13 Oct 2005 04:57:53 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/?p=6#comment-39 [...] I have already posted about Steven Pinker’s excellent book The Blank Slate, a salvo against the modern denial of innate human nature. In today’s Wall Street Journal Charles Murray, who as one of the co-authors, in 1996, of The Bell Curve was pilloried by the Left for suggesting that there might be inherent statistical differences among human genetic groups, has returned to the battle with an essay arguing that subsequent study has buttressed his position. [...] [...] I have already posted about Steven Pinker’s excellent book The Blank Slate, a salvo against the modern denial of innate human nature. In today’s Wall Street Journal Charles Murray, who as one of the co-authors, in 1996, of The Bell Curve was pilloried by the Left for suggesting that there might be inherent statistical differences among human genetic groups, has returned to the battle with an essay arguing that subsequent study has buttressed his position. [...]

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