tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post4759321881235096728..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: "Overdetermined": A strange conceptgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-46153314534014394892014-10-28T21:33:56.380-04:002014-10-28T21:33:56.380-04:00My take is exactly the same as Keshav's.My take is exactly the same as Keshav's. Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207803092348071005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-21619956038900294302014-10-28T20:59:25.825-04:002014-10-28T20:59:25.825-04:00That is a valid sense of "overdetermined.&quo...That is a valid sense of "overdetermined." I didn't pick up from Fukuyama that that was what he meant, however. gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-89250997204615751502014-10-27T22:20:26.087-04:002014-10-27T22:20:26.087-04:00To my mind, "A caused B" means "A h...To my mind, "A caused B" means "A happened before B and if A had not happened, B would not have happened." So to say that C has multiple causes A and B means that if A hadn't happened, C would not have happened, and if B hadn't happened, C would not have happened.<br /><br />But to me "overdetermined" means something slightly different: it means that if A hadn't happened, C would have happened anyway as long as B happened, and if B hadn't happened, C would have happened anyway as long as A happened.Keshav Srinivasanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04754620266852651577noreply@blogger.com