Diffusionism as an Aspect of the Plott Project

I. Gray's Oral Presentation on Diffusionism

II. Gray's Complex Document on Plott's Diffusionism:

• Possible Shocks to the General Reader
• The West Disappears
• Eurasia Arises and Civilizations Merge
• One Philosophical World
• Increased Diffusion = Increased Independent Development
• Plott and Needham on China and the West

• A Crucial Plott Quotation
• The Plot Thickens - An Alternative Approach
• How Should We Define Civilization?
• Self-Critical Perspectives on Diffusion and Discovery
• More on Plott and Needham
• Philosophy, Religion, and Humor
• Bibliographies and Notes