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Science, Reason, and Anthropology : The Principles of Rational Inquiry
author
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Lett, James William.
publisher
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Rowman & Littlefield
isbn10 | asin
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0847685926
print isbn13
:
9780847685929
ebook isbn13
:
9780585080567
language
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English
subject
Anthropology--Philosophy, Anthropology--Methodology, Social epistemology.
publication date
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1997
lcc
:
GN33.L39 1997eb
ddc
:
301/.01
subject
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Anthropology--Philosophy, Anthropology--Methodology, Social epistemology.
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Science, Reason, and Anthropology
The Principles of Rational Inquiry
James Lett
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Lanham New York Boulder Oxford
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ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC.
Published in the United States of America by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 4720 Boston Way, Lanham, Maryland 20706
12 Hid's Copse Road Cummor Hill, Oxford OX2 9JJ, England
Copyright 1997 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.
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Lett, James William, 1955 Science, reason, and anthropology: the principles of rational inquiry / James Lett. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8476-8592-6 (cloth: alk. paper). ISBN 0-8476-8593-4 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. AnthropologyPhilosophy. 2. AnthropologyMethodology. 3. Social epistemology. 4. Humanism. I. Title. GN33.L39 1997 301'.01dc21 97-28198 CIP
ISBN 0-8476-8592-6 (cloth: alk. paper) ISBN 0-8476-8593-4 (pbk : alk. paper)
Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
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This book is for Teresa, as promised
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It is quite true that the facts do not speak for themselves, but a conclusion that therefore there are no facts is a crashing non sequitur. Albert C. Spaulding "Archeology and Anthropology"
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Contents
Preface
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1 Introduction: Art, Science, and the Discipline of Anthropology
1
The Incommensurability of Science and Humanism
2
The Two Meanings of "Humanistic"
2
Humanism in Contemporary Anthropology
4
Interpretive Anthropology
5
The Origins of Interpretive Anthropology
6
Potential Shortcomings of Interpretive Anthropology
8
The Goals of Interpretive Anthropology
8
Interpretive Anthropology and Ethnographic Writing
9
Postmodern Ethnography and Postprocessual Archeology
10
The Two Premises of Interpretive Anthropology
12
The Errors of Interpretive Anthropology
16
The Epistemological Relativism of Interpretive Anthropology
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