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We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology

We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology. There isnt a body of knowledge and thought to fall back on in this regard. – Clifford Geertz

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The way in which mathematicians and physicists and historians talk is quite different, and what a physicist means by physical intuition and what a mathematician means by beauty or elegance are things worth thinking about. – Clifford Geertz

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Im writing a review of three books on feminism and science, and its about social constructionism. So I would say Im a social constructionist, whatever that means. – Clifford Geertz

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I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false. – Clifford Geertz

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