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RE: The quote is pure American pragmatism

The professor in question, M.G. Smith, was a Jamaican educated in England. Taught at University of London for a long time. Came to Yale in his pre-retirement years where I studied with him. He was a real smart guy,

He may have known about William James, but I would not count on it.

I later learned that this saying was a rephrasing of the "Thomas Theorem" which was a truism in early American sociology, but I like Professor Smith's version better. Thomas probably knew James, so your assumption could be dead on.

This quote is not shocking in any way to an anthropologist. In fact, it encapsulates huge swaths of the field in one sentence.

The pragmatic philosopher whose work is more relevant to the question of sound reproduction is C.S. Peirce. I spent years studying Peirciean semiotics and it is one of my main interests, but too hard to talk about for the tube DIY forum.

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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must remain silent -- Wittgenstein

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