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Quinn, N. (2006). The self. Anthropological Theory, 6(3), 362-384:

Quinn sees the self as a culmination of factors, "the totality of what an organism is physically, biologically, psychologically, socially, and culturally. This definition departs from the narrower definition of self as self-representation â?" as culturally shaped constructs of the self that one applies to oneself" (362).

I tend to agree with the author, Quinn, since I deem it as a nature/nurture blend, not solely one or the other. I see the mind as ...

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