Robert Feleppa
Biographic Data
| ID | 294214 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Feleppa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Feleppa |
| SIGNATURE | FELEPPA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wichita State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7250-6981 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rationality Assumptions and their Limits
In “Different Cultures, Different Rationalities” (2000) Stephen Lukes weighs in on the controversies concerning the killing of Captain Cook by Hawaiians and what it says about the role of rationality assumptions in translation. While at first seeming to adopt a Davidsonian anti-relativist position concerning the enabling role of assumptions of common rationality in interpretation, Lukes rejects Davidson’s view, and opts instead for a “totalizing”…
Cultural Kinds
On Reproducing Social Reality
That social inquirers should be careful about the intrusion of biases and questionable \nethnocentric presuppositions is a widely accepted and unquestionably \ncogent methodological dictum. Less widely accepted, and perhaps less cogent, \nis the view that such intrusions are best avoided by inquirers adopting the \ninterpretive constructs, points of view, etc., of their subjects. Debates over this \nlatter point have flared up repeatedly in twent…
Emics, Etics, and Social Objectivity
Emic analysis, whether seen as opposed or as complementary to etic modes, is regarded as essential for ensuring that culture-specific particularities are not suppressed in efforts to subsume social phenomena under cross-culturally valid generalizations. Particularly, there is concern that the aim of providing an account of the concepts and principles subjects use to organize reality will be frustrated if alien etic notions function in ethnographi…
The Metaphysical Imperative
Translation as Rule-Governed Behaviour
Access to full text is restricted. WSU Libraries provides access to electronic copy of this article via commercial databases and library online catalog: \nhttp://libcat.wichita.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1332858
Epistemic utility and theory acceptance
Hermeneutic Interpretation and Scientific Truth
Emics, Etics, and Social Objectivity
Emic analysis, whether seen as opposed or as complementary to etic modes, is regarded as essential for ensuring that culture-specific particularities are not suppressed in efforts to subsume social phenomena under cross-culturally valid generalizations. Particularly, there is concern that the aim of providing an account of the concepts and principles subjects use to organize reality will be frustrated if alien etic notions function in ethnographi…
Translation as Rule-Governed Behaviour
Access to full text is restricted. WSU Libraries provides access to electronic copy of this article via commercial databases and library online catalog: \nhttp://libcat.wichita.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1332858
Hermeneutic Interpretation and Scientific Truth
Epistemic utility and theory acceptance
Hermeneutic Interpretation and Scientific Truth
Translation as Rule-Governed Behaviour
Access to full text is restricted. WSU Libraries provides access to electronic copy of this article via commercial databases and library online catalog: \nhttp://libcat.wichita.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1332858
The Metaphysical Imperative
On Reproducing Social Reality
That social inquirers should be careful about the intrusion of biases and questionable \nethnocentric presuppositions is a widely accepted and unquestionably \ncogent methodological dictum. Less widely accepted, and perhaps less cogent, \nis the view that such intrusions are best avoided by inquirers adopting the \ninterpretive constructs, points of view, etc., of their subjects. Debates over this \nlatter point have flared up repeatedly in twent…
Emics, Etics, and Social Objectivity
Emic analysis, whether seen as opposed or as complementary to etic modes, is regarded as essential for ensuring that culture-specific particularities are not suppressed in efforts to subsume social phenomena under cross-culturally valid generalizations. Particularly, there is concern that the aim of providing an account of the concepts and principles subjects use to organize reality will be frustrated if alien etic notions function in ethnographi…
Cultural Kinds
Rationality Assumptions and their Limits
In “Different Cultures, Different Rationalities” (2000) Stephen Lukes weighs in on the controversies concerning the killing of Captain Cook by Hawaiians and what it says about the role of rationality assumptions in translation. While at first seeming to adopt a Davidsonian anti-relativist position concerning the enabling role of assumptions of common rationality in interpretation, Lukes rejects Davidson’s view, and opts instead for a “totalizing”…
Epistemology (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration (2 works) · Interpretation (philosophy) (2 works) · Metaphysics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)