Talk:Cultural universal

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[edit] Notion of "empty universal"

I think we need to discuss the inclusion of the sentence tacked on to the end of this piece which refers to "empty universals". The latter is a philosophical concept which, IMHO, does not apply here. Who in social science refers to cultural universals as "empty"? To say that a structure or trait or institution or theme is found in all cultures is not to point to a vacuous factor by any means. And by definition a cultural universal does not imply anything unique about a single culture. I am suggesting here that the sentence be removed because, unless the sentence's author can document the use of "empty" universal in the social science literature, it is inapplicable to the topic. Charles D. Laughlin 00:37, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shelter

I have been fixing the disamb for Shelter and the biggest problem is that there is no page for the actual word "shelter".--Mynameisnotpj (talk) 21:33, 5 April 2008 (UTC)