Of Culture and Multiverse: Renouncing “the Universal Truth” in Health
- 1 October 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Health Education
- Vol. 30 (5) , 267-273
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10556699.1999.10603409
Abstract
Western man [sic] has created chaos by denying the part of his self that integrates while enshrining the parts that fragment experience. These examinations of man's [sic] psyche have also convinced me that the natural act of thinking is greatly modified by culture. Western man [sic] uses only a small fraction of his mental capabilities, there are many different and legitimate ways of thinking; we in the West value one of these ways above all others–the one we call “logic,” a linear system that has been with us since Socrates. (Hall, 1976, p.9)Keywords
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