me: > obviously, this ["conspiracy theory" as a politically motivated put-down] is > a major usage, but it is not the only one. > > Another usage is to say that a conspiracy theory is simply one species > of poorly-reasoned theories, in the same genus as structural > functionalism, belief in astrology, and the like. > ^^^ > CB: Geez, structural functional explanation is not quite as bad as > astrology , is it.? Vulgar materialist explanations are not always > wrong. Nor is structural functional anthropology just a nothing. > Structural-functionalism is still valid physiology, no ?
Yeah, it's valid in physiology (though I don't know that subject well at all). It doesn't work in social theory. I wasn't _equating_ structural functionalism with astrology, excepts different species of the same genus. I don't know how vulgar materialism got into the mix. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
