Reclaiming a Scientific AnthropologyAltaMira Press, 2008 - 229 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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... debate regarded this book , resolved their differences , and forged a more robustly scientific anthropology , but I won't hold my breath waiting for that to happen . The big boys ( and girls ) have probably already pretty much made up ...
... debate regarded this book , resolved their differences , and forged a more robustly scientific anthropology , but I won't hold my breath waiting for that to happen . The big boys ( and girls ) have probably already pretty much made up ...
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... debates . Beyond updating references and issues , there are two major revisions to this section . In chapter 8 ... debate . Anthropologists such as Doug White , Mike Fischer , Nick Gessler , David Kronenfeld , and Murray Leaf have ...
... debates . Beyond updating references and issues , there are two major revisions to this section . In chapter 8 ... debate . Anthropologists such as Doug White , Mike Fischer , Nick Gessler , David Kronenfeld , and Murray Leaf have ...
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... debate . The problem with critical theory or other methods is that in the end , an advocacy - based epistemology can rely on only one thing for validation - the exercise of power in silencing its critiques . Of course , once this ...
... debate . The problem with critical theory or other methods is that in the end , an advocacy - based epistemology can rely on only one thing for validation - the exercise of power in silencing its critiques . Of course , once this ...
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