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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... Theories 130 Non Sequiturs : An Achilles ' Heel 132 Ethics and Morality : The Engine of Science's Critics 133 The Silver Lining : What Criticism Can Do for Anthropological Science 135 8 The Case against Crusading Anthropology 137 ...
... Theories 130 Non Sequiturs : An Achilles ' Heel 132 Ethics and Morality : The Engine of Science's Critics 133 The Silver Lining : What Criticism Can Do for Anthropological Science 135 8 The Case against Crusading Anthropology 137 ...
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... theories their benefactors favor . Anthropology is on a knife - edge of history ; anthropologists should take that seriously and make themselves relevant , advance their sound and scientific knowledge , and make enduring ( although ...
... theories their benefactors favor . Anthropology is on a knife - edge of history ; anthropologists should take that seriously and make themselves relevant , advance their sound and scientific knowledge , and make enduring ( although ...
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... theories , and furthermore , that postmodern ( and other ) approaches are likely to subvert the very values that they propose to advance . I will not only cri- tique these theories , but I will also point out how their challenges have ...
... theories , and furthermore , that postmodern ( and other ) approaches are likely to subvert the very values that they propose to advance . I will not only cri- tique these theories , but I will also point out how their challenges have ...
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... theories about these phenomena should our data contradict what we think about them . Science cannot address the existence of things metaphysical or supernatural such as God , justice , or poltergeists . Until these phenomena can be ...
... theories about these phenomena should our data contradict what we think about them . Science cannot address the existence of things metaphysical or supernatural such as God , justice , or poltergeists . Until these phenomena can be ...
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... theories to understand the human condition , as anthropology's strongest attribute , and I advocate the evaluation of claims about the human condition , retaining those that explain the world and discarding those that do not accord with ...
... theories to understand the human condition , as anthropology's strongest attribute , and I advocate the evaluation of claims about the human condition , retaining those that explain the world and discarding those that do not accord with ...
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