Explananda Re: Psycho-sexual explanation

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Mon Mar 31 17:15:20 PST 2003


----- Original Message ----- From: "Miles Jackson" <cqmv at pdx.edu> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 11:06 PM Subject: Re: Explananda Re: Psycho-sexual explanation


> No, the psychological factors are not necessary conditions. If simply
> by tradition people follow certain social norms (e.g., women can't
> own property), women will be economically subordinate to men.

You think one can make sense of people following certain traditional social norms without saying something about how it is that people (i.e. individuals) come to accept (and act on) such norms?

-- Luke



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