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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... shared . One day , after the usual debacle , I was feeling cheated . I understood the political aspects of my peers ... share the confidence of my peers in having all the right answers for anthropology , let alone for the world . I ...
... shared . One day , after the usual debacle , I was feeling cheated . I understood the political aspects of my peers ... share the confidence of my peers in having all the right answers for anthropology , let alone for the world . I ...
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... , they share the same basic feature : they are based on metaphysical assumptions about morality and ethics that ultimately cannot be falsified . What are these 20th - century challenges to science ? Introduction xxix.
... , they share the same basic feature : they are based on metaphysical assumptions about morality and ethics that ultimately cannot be falsified . What are these 20th - century challenges to science ? Introduction xxix.
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... share several fundamental characteristics . They are blatantly critical of Western civilization , and most especially of capitalism . Postmodernism is most often associated with leftist and liberal political perspectives in the United ...
... share several fundamental characteristics . They are blatantly critical of Western civilization , and most especially of capitalism . Postmodernism is most often associated with leftist and liberal political perspectives in the United ...
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... share in light of our observations upon that world , and therefore appreciate the scientific method . We often seek deeper meanings for these observations and theories , and therefore appeal to reli- gious and ethical types of knowledge ...
... share in light of our observations upon that world , and therefore appreciate the scientific method . We often seek deeper meanings for these observations and theories , and therefore appeal to reli- gious and ethical types of knowledge ...
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