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Not sure that anthropologists study "human nature" the way social sciences do (or should). Anthropology is the study of human cultures and customs, which proba
by bambax 9y ago
Not sure that anthropologists study "human nature" the way social sciences do (or should).
Anthropology is the study of human cultures and customs, which probably have as much to do with accidents, chance and contingency (history) as with universal human characteristics.
- danharaj 9y agoThat's the point. They know what's possible about human nature better than anyone else. If you don't know what's fully possible, you can't make good inferences about what's universal. Universality is the denial of possibility.