Why a Perfect Knowledge of All the Rules One Must Know to Act like a Native Cannot Lead to the Knowledge of How Natives Act
Journal of Anthropological ResearchPublished 1 December 1974
Marvin Harris
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Prediction of behavior from a perfect knowledge of native actors' rules of behavior is theoretically impractical for three reasons: etic outputs require etic inputs; for every rule there is an alternative rule; authorities never go unchallenged.
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Prediction of behavior from a perfect knowledge of native actors' rules of behavior is theoretically impractical for three reasons: etic outputs require etic inputs; for every rule there is an alternative rule; authorities never go unchallenged.
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