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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... societies , and the universe . Some hearken a " New Science " and anthropologists are playing a central role ; a role about which most other anthro- pologists , ironically , are unaware . New developments in computer science and ...
... societies , and the universe . Some hearken a " New Science " and anthropologists are playing a central role ; a role about which most other anthro- pologists , ironically , are unaware . New developments in computer science and ...
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... society and their causes off in neat , formulaic fashion . I did not , however , share the confidence of my peers in having all the right answers for anthropology , let alone for the world . I still ( naively perhaps ) wanted to learn ...
... society and their causes off in neat , formulaic fashion . I did not , however , share the confidence of my peers in having all the right answers for anthropology , let alone for the world . I still ( naively perhaps ) wanted to learn ...
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... society at large . The thesis of this book is that postmodern and other contemporary critiques of scientific anthropology do not obviate the use of the scientific method in evaluating theories , and furthermore , that postmodern ( and ...
... society at large . The thesis of this book is that postmodern and other contemporary critiques of scientific anthropology do not obviate the use of the scientific method in evaluating theories , and furthermore , that postmodern ( and ...
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... society as a whole . They are science , postmodernism , modern politics , and social activism . Each of these issues has a large if not vast literature , and so how do I choose the authors within each of these topics ? I have followed ...
... society as a whole . They are science , postmodernism , modern politics , and social activism . Each of these issues has a large if not vast literature , and so how do I choose the authors within each of these topics ? I have followed ...
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... societies from their own and are daily confronted by worldviews and assumptions that , while different from their own , appear to be equally valid . This would be equally true for a U.S. middle - class anthropologist work- ing in the ...
... societies from their own and are daily confronted by worldviews and assumptions that , while different from their own , appear to be equally valid . This would be equally true for a U.S. middle - class anthropologist work- ing in the ...
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