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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... Practicing a Scientific Anthropology Living Together : Allowing Text , Idea , and Science to 176 Work Together 178 References 183 Index 219 About the Author 229 List of Figures 1.1 Cycle of Science 27 2.1 Kuhnian Contents ix.
... Practicing a Scientific Anthropology Living Together : Allowing Text , Idea , and Science to 176 Work Together 178 References 183 Index 219 About the Author 229 List of Figures 1.1 Cycle of Science 27 2.1 Kuhnian Contents ix.
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... idea of hypothesis testing , and rigorous logic are rarely taught ; that objectivity is a mere chimera is patently assumed and the move toward a politicized anthro- pology is more complete . This is evident in the significant splits in ...
... idea of hypothesis testing , and rigorous logic are rarely taught ; that objectivity is a mere chimera is patently assumed and the move toward a politicized anthro- pology is more complete . This is evident in the significant splits in ...
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... ideas that are simply incommensurable . Those principles that are simply a matter of style will remain unresolved , and we will have to learn to live with such dif- ferences . Other principles will simply be superior ( or less inferior ) ...
... ideas that are simply incommensurable . Those principles that are simply a matter of style will remain unresolved , and we will have to learn to live with such dif- ferences . Other principles will simply be superior ( or less inferior ) ...
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... ideas thoroughly is inherently limited in these other forms of knowledge . For instance , a Christian theologian may have latitude in musing on the nature of God and existence . However , a theologian is not permitted to test the notion ...
... ideas thoroughly is inherently limited in these other forms of knowledge . For instance , a Christian theologian may have latitude in musing on the nature of God and existence . However , a theologian is not permitted to test the notion ...
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