Donald Brown
Academic
1954 –
Who is Donald Brown?
Donald E. Brown is an American professor of anthropology. He worked at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is best known for his theoretical work regarding the existence, characteristics and relevance of universals of human nature. In his best-known work, Human Universals, he says these universals, "comprise those features of culture, society, language, behavior, and psyche for which there are no known exceptions." He is quoted at length by Steven Pinker in an appendix to The Blank Slate, where Pinker cites some of the hundreds of universals listed by Brown. In area studies his doctoral research on the structure and history of Brunei was foundational.
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- Born
- Mar 28, 1954
United States of America - Also known as
- Brown, Donald
- Donald E. Brown
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Employment
- University of California, Santa Barbara
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on July 23, 2013
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