Originally Posted by
Rob Thornton
Hey Slap,
I diagree - but only because I thnk it depends on interpretation of Ends, Ways and Means. It means something different depending on who you talk to and what their concerns are. I think motives, methods and opportunities is also useful - particularly at understanding the proximate type causes - but can be constraining if you are looking for long term causes that have morphed from their orignal impetus or relation - but the effect remains the same. It gets back to the linear, deterministic sense of history vs. the non-linear, contingent one.
Both (ends/ways/means & motive/method/opportunity) I think have their place - neither should exclude the other.
Best, Rob
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