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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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with (the) evidence?
In short: Given the astounding degree of variation societies have demonstrated, the universality of the institutions we discuss must be explained and, as we have seen, the explanation must be parsimonious. And the only explanation of universality that is parsimonious, logical, concordant with the anthropological and physiological evidence, and plausible is one that understands that the institutions are not inevitable because they are universal; they are inevitable for the same reason that they are universal.
Why is "the" used when the author didn't talk about that specific type of evidence before? Is there some other reason I don't know about? Also isn't evidence a mass noun?
Why is "the" used when the author didn't talk about that specific type of evidence before? Is there some other reason I don't know about? Also isn't evidence a mass noun?
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Anonymous Why is "the" used when the author didn't talk about that specific type of evidence before? The author is trying to imbue "anthropological and physiological evidence" with a sense of being factual and incontrovertible. By using the definite article, the author is implying the already established anthropological and physiological evidence.
- Anonymous Why is "the" used when the author didn't talk about that specific type of evidence before?
- The author is trying to imbue "anthropological and physiological evidence" with a sense of being factual and incontrovertible.
- By using the definite article, the author is implying the already established anthropological and physiological evidence.
- Anonymous Als o, isn't evidence a mass noun?
- Yes, it is.
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AnonymousWhy is "the" used when the author didn't talk about that specific type of evidence before?The author is trying to imbue "anthropological and physiological evidence" with a sense of being factual and incontrovertible. By using the definite article, the author is implying the already established anthropological and physiological evidence.
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teechrThe author is trying to imbue "anthropological and physiological evidence" with a sense of being factual and incontrovertible. By using the definite article, the author is implying the already established anthropological and physiological evidence.I haven't heard of this before. Could you explain a bit more?
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