Keishi Okamoto
Biographic Data
| ID | 133063 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Keishi Okamoto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Keishi |
| FAMILY NAME | Okamoto |
| SIGNATURE | OKAMOTO K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kyushu University |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-2882-6709 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Where the Magician Lives: An Ontological Problem in the Anthropology of Magic
The purpose of the present study is to outline a theoretical framework in which the anthropologist can introduce a naturalistic approach, which will not be conflicted with scientific discourses, into his ethnographic work. First of all, I argue that the principles of magic can be understood as a part of social cognitive causal chains, based on the ideas about a naturalistic social science developed by Dan Sperber. After that, I trace the history …
Apparently Conflicting Ontologies
The purpose of the present study is to bridge ontological pluralism which regards the native's discourse as a clue for philosophical speculation and a naturalistic approach which tries to connect anthropology to the natural sciences, and to investigate how to maintain a naturalistic approach in the ethnographic context. Contrasting Viveiros de Castro's notions of the anthropologist's and native's discourses and Sperber's epidemiology of represent…
Metrical and nonmetrical analyses of modern female crania in the northwestern Kyushu area
In the northwestern Kyushu area, at the southwestern region of the mainland of Japan, a native people of Jomon lineage lived during the Aeneolithic Yayoi period, and differed morphologically from the immigrant people of continental lineage of the northern Kyushu area. In this study, the metric and nonmetric characteristics of 204 modern female crania from northwestern Kyushu were examined in order to investigate their morphological characteristic…
Metrical and nonmetrical analyses of modern female crania in the northwestern Kyushu area
In the northwestern Kyushu area, at the southwestern region of the mainland of Japan, a native people of Jomon lineage lived during the Aeneolithic Yayoi period, and differed morphologically from the immigrant people of continental lineage of the northern Kyushu area. In this study, the metric and nonmetric characteristics of 204 modern female crania from northwestern Kyushu were examined in order to investigate their morphological characteristic…
Metrical and nonmetrical analyses of modern female crania in the northwestern Kyushu area
In the northwestern Kyushu area, at the southwestern region of the mainland of Japan, a native people of Jomon lineage lived during the Aeneolithic Yayoi period, and differed morphologically from the immigrant people of continental lineage of the northern Kyushu area. In this study, the metric and nonmetric characteristics of 204 modern female crania from northwestern Kyushu were examined in order to investigate their morphological characteristic…
Apparently Conflicting Ontologies
The purpose of the present study is to bridge ontological pluralism which regards the native's discourse as a clue for philosophical speculation and a naturalistic approach which tries to connect anthropology to the natural sciences, and to investigate how to maintain a naturalistic approach in the ethnographic context. Contrasting Viveiros de Castro's notions of the anthropologist's and native's discourses and Sperber's epidemiology of represent…
Where the Magician Lives: An Ontological Problem in the Anthropology of Magic
The purpose of the present study is to outline a theoretical framework in which the anthropologist can introduce a naturalistic approach, which will not be conflicted with scientific discourses, into his ethnographic work. First of all, I argue that the principles of magic can be understood as a part of social cognitive causal chains, based on the ideas about a naturalistic social science developed by Dan Sperber. After that, I trace the history …
Ethnography (2 works) · Naturalism (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · China (1 works) · Cognition (1 works) · Crania (1 works) · Embodied and Extended Cognition (1 works)