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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... Question The Crisis of Representation 87 88 93 96 The Science Question The Authority Problem Politics / Ethics / Morals Summary 6 The Mutable Past : Postmodern Archaeology Processual Archaeology : An Old New Thing 97 101 104 107 111 111 ...
... Question The Crisis of Representation 87 88 93 96 The Science Question The Authority Problem Politics / Ethics / Morals Summary 6 The Mutable Past : Postmodern Archaeology Processual Archaeology : An Old New Thing 97 101 104 107 111 111 ...
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... question we face is whether we want to go in a direction that will increase the partialness and bias of our accounts or continue to struggle against these distort- ing influences and honestly confront the world . I hope we choose the ...
... question we face is whether we want to go in a direction that will increase the partialness and bias of our accounts or continue to struggle against these distort- ing influences and honestly confront the world . I hope we choose the ...
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... question of reality itself , and the role of morality and ethics in the sciences . Much of the acrimony we now experience in academia and elsewhere over these contentious issues is the result of misunderstandings and miscommunications ...
... question of reality itself , and the role of morality and ethics in the sciences . Much of the acrimony we now experience in academia and elsewhere over these contentious issues is the result of misunderstandings and miscommunications ...
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... question of their knowledge , although it is an important question that could clarify our personal xxviii Introduction.
... question of their knowledge , although it is an important question that could clarify our personal xxviii Introduction.
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... questions best addressed with scientific methods . What kinds of questions are appropriate for a scientific epistemology ? Ba- sically any question that concerns a statement that we are willing to disprove , that is logical , and that ...
... questions best addressed with scientific methods . What kinds of questions are appropriate for a scientific epistemology ? Ba- sically any question that concerns a statement that we are willing to disprove , that is logical , and that ...
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