Reclaiming a Scientific AnthropologyAltaMira Press, 11 sept 2008 - 266 páginas This second edition of Reclaiming a Scientific Anthropology arrives at just the right time, as new advances in science increasingly affect anthropologists of all stripes. Lawrence Kuznar begins by reviewing the basic issues of scientific epistemology in anthropology as they have taken shape over the life of the discipline. He then describes postmodern and other critiques of both science and scientific anthropology, and he concludes with stringent analyses of these debates. This new edition brings this important text firmly into the 21st century; it not only updates the scholarly debates but it describes new research techniques—such as computer modeling systems—that could not have been imagined just a decade ago. In a field that has become increasingly divided over basic methods of reasearch and interpretation, Kuznar makes a powerful argument that anthropology should return to its roots in empirical science. |
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... discipline that offers all people a better , more com- plete , more objective understanding of humanity . Scientific knowledge is al- ways partial , and never exempt from political , cultural , and ethical biases . The question we face ...
... discipline that offers all people a better , more com- plete , more objective understanding of humanity . Scientific knowledge is al- ways partial , and never exempt from political , cultural , and ethical biases . The question we face ...
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... discipline has continued , with historic bloodbaths , including the infamous El Dorado Task Force Report , in which anthropologists , using sensational journalistic reports on other anthropologists ' activities among the Yanomamö ...
... discipline has continued , with historic bloodbaths , including the infamous El Dorado Task Force Report , in which anthropologists , using sensational journalistic reports on other anthropologists ' activities among the Yanomamö ...
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... discipline and many of the issues that inspired the first edition remain current . Much has happened in the world ... discipline itself . Should anthropologists step up to the plate and make sound contributions to governments and ...
... discipline and many of the issues that inspired the first edition remain current . Much has happened in the world ... discipline itself . Should anthropologists step up to the plate and make sound contributions to governments and ...
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... discipline , but have incorporated insights from postmodern thinkers into more scientific frames to advance social theory in scientific ways . Philosophers of science have continued to debate and focus the issues concerning causality in ...
... discipline , but have incorporated insights from postmodern thinkers into more scientific frames to advance social theory in scientific ways . Philosophers of science have continued to debate and focus the issues concerning causality in ...
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... discipline's founders over a hundred years ago . If anthropologists do not lose sight of their scholarly goals , the future could be very bright for a new , scientific anthropological science . In addition to those I acknowledged for ...
... discipline's founders over a hundred years ago . If anthropologists do not lose sight of their scholarly goals , the future could be very bright for a new , scientific anthropological science . In addition to those I acknowledged for ...
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