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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... understanding of humanity . Scientific knowledge is al- ways partial , and never exempt from political , cultural , and ethical biases . The question we face is whether we want to go in a direction that will increase the partialness and ...
... understanding of humanity . Scientific knowledge is al- ways partial , and never exempt from political , cultural , and ethical biases . The question we face is whether we want to go in a direction that will increase the partialness and ...
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... understanding , both for scientific comprehension and for enabling people to mitigate these horrors , it is now . Despite the continued balkanization of anthropology and alarming global events , there have been islands of hope ...
... understanding , both for scientific comprehension and for enabling people to mitigate these horrors , it is now . Despite the continued balkanization of anthropology and alarming global events , there have been islands of hope ...
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... has indeed been made in understanding of forager societies , the division of labor by sex , mate selection , and the Native American roots of Hopewellian culture and its Preface and Acknowledgments , Second Edition xix.
... has indeed been made in understanding of forager societies , the division of labor by sex , mate selection , and the Native American roots of Hopewellian culture and its Preface and Acknowledgments , Second Edition xix.
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... understanding of scientific practice and how we may employ our scientific methods better in the generation of knowledge . I hope to be neither " ludicrous " nor " foolish . " The correctives they imply may help us out of the present ...
... understanding of scientific practice and how we may employ our scientific methods better in the generation of knowledge . I hope to be neither " ludicrous " nor " foolish . " The correctives they imply may help us out of the present ...
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... understanding the limits of other epis- temologies , researchers gain an appreciation of why they are inappropriate when addressing questions best addressed with scientific methods . What kinds of questions are appropriate for a ...
... understanding the limits of other epis- temologies , researchers gain an appreciation of why they are inappropriate when addressing questions best addressed with scientific methods . What kinds of questions are appropriate for a ...
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