In same way, we don't always need to look at culture scientifically.I can discuss what humans are doing without situating them taxonomically
They're not falsifiable & making them so is not the point. One of my professors & her husband is making a database of phrases in manuscripts
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Then people will be able to search and find how commonly things were being talked about. Much more data at our fingertips.
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That's science. I'm more interested in pulling out attitudes and making convincing arguments about their influences & significance.
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eg The thesis I won an award for compared Aemilia Lanyer's model of feminine spiritual wisdom with that attributed to St Monica of Hippo.
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People were interested in the connections & similarities right down to the language. Did she base this on Monica or was it just in the air?
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I do not know but made some arguments that either or both are plausible. So, not very scientific but of interest to like-minded people.
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