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The cognitive path through kinship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2010

Fadwa El Guindi
Fadwa El Guindi
Affiliation:
Qatar University, Doha, Qatar. Fadwa.elguindi@qu.edu.qa www.elnil.org
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Abstract

Integral to the discipline of anthropology are both science and holism. The application of Optimality Theory to two partial kin terminologies narrows analysis to descriptive value, fragments phenomena, and constrains data selection, which precludes significant knowledge. Embedded in this critique is a call to move analysis from fragment to whole and from descriptive features to deeper levels of knowledge underlying kin terms, thereby leading to a cognitive path for holistic understanding of human phenomena.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 5 , October 2010 , pp. 384 - 385
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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