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Genealogy, kinship and knowledge: A cautionary note about causation

Lyon, S.M.

Authors

S.M. Lyon



Abstract

The choice of emphasis in kinship studies has often resulted in incompatible theoretical models of kinship that are mutually undermining and contradictory. Jones’ attempts to reconcile disparate approaches to kinship using OT is useful, however; seeing kinship as a specialized system for representing genealogy may be unwarranted in the light of recent advances in mathematical approaches to kinship terminologies.

Citation

Lyon, S. (2010). Genealogy, kinship and knowledge: A cautionary note about causation. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33(5), 394-394. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x10002244

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Oct 1, 2010
Deposit Date Jul 31, 2010
Journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Print ISSN 0140-525X
Electronic ISSN 1469-1825
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 33
Issue 5
Pages 394-394
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x10002244