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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... Problems with Progress 31 Thomas Kuhn : Paradigms and Scientific Revolutions 32 Imre Lakatos : Progress on Progress 37 The Duhem - Quine Thesis 41 3 Anthropological Science - Two Examples 45 Man the Hunter 46 History of Hopewell ...
... Problems with Progress 31 Thomas Kuhn : Paradigms and Scientific Revolutions 32 Imre Lakatos : Progress on Progress 37 The Duhem - Quine Thesis 41 3 Anthropological Science - Two Examples 45 Man the Hunter 46 History of Hopewell ...
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... Problem Politics / Ethics / Morals Summary 6 The Mutable Past : Postmodern Archaeology Processual Archaeology : An Old New Thing 97 101 104 107 111 111 A Reconstructed Archaeology : The Postmodern Past Deconstructing Reconstructed ...
... Problem Politics / Ethics / Morals Summary 6 The Mutable Past : Postmodern Archaeology Processual Archaeology : An Old New Thing 97 101 104 107 111 111 A Reconstructed Archaeology : The Postmodern Past Deconstructing Reconstructed ...
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... problems for the discipline itself . Should anthropologists step up to the plate and make sound contributions to governments and industry , then the support to advance the discipline's science could be unprecedented . If , on the other ...
... problems for the discipline itself . Should anthropologists step up to the plate and make sound contributions to governments and industry , then the support to advance the discipline's science could be unprecedented . If , on the other ...
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... of how people know what they know , and it traditionally deals primarily with logical problems . People rarely ask this question of their knowledge , although it is an important question that could clarify our personal xxviii Introduction.
... of how people know what they know , and it traditionally deals primarily with logical problems . People rarely ask this question of their knowledge , although it is an important question that could clarify our personal xxviii Introduction.
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... problems , they nonetheless can be regarded as progress within a scientific discipline , and that paradigm shifts are not capricious or trivial . Part II examines specific challenges to scientific anthropology . Marxist- influenced and ...
... problems , they nonetheless can be regarded as progress within a scientific discipline , and that paradigm shifts are not capricious or trivial . Part II examines specific challenges to scientific anthropology . Marxist- influenced and ...
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