Claude Lévi-Strauss

The human mind is not a blank slate, but a pre-programmed structure.

The purpose of culture is to impose order on chaos.

The human mind is a universal processor of information.

The concept of 'human nature' is a cultural construct.

The anthropologist must be a 'structuralist' to understand human society.

The human mind is a 'syntax' for organizing experience.

The meaning of a symbol is not fixed, but depends on its context.

The human mind is a 'logic machine.'

The purpose of myth is to resolve fundamental contradictions in human experience.

The human mind is a 'structural' entity, not a 'substantive' one.