Kinship Terminologies, Hypothetical or Extant, Are Optimal Solutions

Fischer, Michael D and Leaf, Murray J. and Read, Dwight (2014) Kinship Terminologies, Hypothetical or Extant, Are Optimal Solutions. Working paper. Center for Human Complex Systems, UCLA, Los Angeles (KAR id:41704)

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Abstract

The claim that extant terminologies are optimal solutions in a space of all possible terminologies depends on invalidly assuming any partition of a set of genealogical relations is a possible kinship terminology. Instead, kinship terminologies have a particular type of logical/formal structure that is generative with categories providing for classification that is reciprocal. As a consequence, all terminologies, extant or hypothetical, are optimal solutions in the sense this term is used in the claim made about kinship terminologies.

Item Type:	Reports and Papers (Working paper)
Uncontrolled keywords:	kinship terminologies, relationship terminologies, kinship, cultural models, optimality, communication
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BC Logic G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA150 Algebra Q Science > QH Natural history
Divisions:	Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation
Depositing User:	Michael Fischer
Date Deposited:	08 Jul 2014 04:08 UTC
Last Modified:	16 Feb 2021 12:54 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/41704 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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