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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... role in the production of this book . Through their frequent injuries , their occasional illnesses , our nighttime readings , our gardening , and our adventurous fishing trips , they served as a constant reminder that no matter what the ...
... role in the production of this book . Through their frequent injuries , their occasional illnesses , our nighttime readings , our gardening , and our adventurous fishing trips , they served as a constant reminder that no matter what the ...
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... role ; a role about which most other anthro- pologists , ironically , are unaware . New developments in computer science and computational technology have made possible , probably for the first time , the actual representation of social ...
... role ; a role about which most other anthro- pologists , ironically , are unaware . New developments in computer science and computational technology have made possible , probably for the first time , the actual representation of social ...
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... 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 . These arise not from regarding what ...
... 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 . These arise not from regarding what ...
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... role of the reader in the life of this text , and I recognize that I have no control over how a reader takes this book for his or her own political purposes . When possible , I will spell out where I think that book has a lack of ...
... role of the reader in the life of this text , and I recognize that I have no control over how a reader takes this book for his or her own political purposes . When possible , I will spell out where I think that book has a lack of ...
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... role of paradigms , the set of background assumptions and questions that influence more explicit scien- tific work , in scientific inquiry . Do paradigm shifts represent a progressive improvement in knowledge ? I will argue that , even ...
... role of paradigms , the set of background assumptions and questions that influence more explicit scien- tific work , in scientific inquiry . Do paradigm shifts represent a progressive improvement in knowledge ? I will argue that , even ...
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