Jan De Wolf
Biographic Data
| ID | 83232 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan De Wolf |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | De Wolf |
| SIGNATURE | DE WOLF J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utrecht University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1850-0110 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cognitive Relativism and Social Science
Modern epistomology has been dominated by an empiricist theory of knowledge that assumes a direct individualistic relationship between the knowing subject and the object of knowledge. Truth is held to be universal, and non-individualistic social and cultural factors are considered sources of distortion of true knowledge. Since the late 1950s, this view has been challenged by a cognitive relativism asserting that what is true is socially condition…
Meeting once more. The Korean side of transnational adoption by Prébin, Elise: Reviews
Georges Balandier. Un anthropologue en première ligne by Copans, Jean
Potent landscapes. Place and mobility in Eastern Indonesiaby Allerton, Catherine
An anthropological trompe l'oeil for a common world. An essay on the economy of knowledgeby Jiménez, Alberto Corsín: Reviews
Playing with languages. Children and change in a Caribbean village , by Paugh, L. Amy: Reviews
Playing different games. The paradox of Anywaa and Nuer identification strategies in the Gambella region, Ethiopia by Feyissa, Dereje
Imagining the post-apartheid state. An ethnographic account of Namibia , by Friedman, John T: Reviews
Sibling relations and the transformations of European kinship, 1300-1900, by Johnson, Christopher H. and David Warren Sabean
Social knowledge in the making, by Camic, Charles, Neil Gross and Michéle Lamont
The land is dying: Contingency, creativity and conflict in western Kenya Vol. 5. Epistemologies of healing by Geissler, Wenzel and Ruth Jane Prince
Kosmos und Kommunikation. Weltkonzeptionen in der südamerikanischen Sprachfamilie der Cariben by Halbmayer, Ernst
Death in a church of life. Moral passion during Botswana's time of Aids by Klaits, Frederick
Society of others. Kinship and mourning in a West Papuan place by Stasch, Rupert: Reviews
Embodied communities. Dance traditions and change in Java by Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
Bewitching development. Witchcraft and the reinvention of development in neoliberal Kenya by Smith, James Howard
Beyond the state in rural Uganda by Jones, Ben
On the order of chaos: Social anthropology and the science of chaos edited by Mosko, Mark S., and Frederick H. Damon
Christian moderns: Freedom and fetish in the mission encounter. by Keane, Webb
Notes from the Balkans: Locating marginality and ambiguity on the Greek-Albanian border by Green, Sarah F
Cognitive Relativism and Social Science
Cognitive Relativism and Social Science
On the order of chaos: Social anthropology and the science of chaos edited by Mosko, Mark S., and Frederick H. Damon
Christian moderns: Freedom and fetish in the mission encounter. by Keane, Webb
Notes from the Balkans: Locating marginality and ambiguity on the Greek-Albanian border by Green, Sarah F
Society of others. Kinship and mourning in a West Papuan place by Stasch, Rupert: Reviews
Embodied communities. Dance traditions and change in Java by Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
Bewitching development. Witchcraft and the reinvention of development in neoliberal Kenya by Smith, James Howard
Beyond the state in rural Uganda by Jones, Ben
Kosmos und Kommunikation. Weltkonzeptionen in der südamerikanischen Sprachfamilie der Cariben by Halbmayer, Ernst
Death in a church of life. Moral passion during Botswana's time of Aids by Klaits, Frederick
Sibling relations and the transformations of European kinship, 1300-1900, by Johnson, Christopher H. and David Warren Sabean
Social knowledge in the making, by Camic, Charles, Neil Gross and Michéle Lamont
The land is dying: Contingency, creativity and conflict in western Kenya Vol. 5. Epistemologies of healing by Geissler, Wenzel and Ruth Jane Prince
Playing with languages. Children and change in a Caribbean village , by Paugh, L. Amy: Reviews
Playing different games. The paradox of Anywaa and Nuer identification strategies in the Gambella region, Ethiopia by Feyissa, Dereje
Imagining the post-apartheid state. An ethnographic account of Namibia , by Friedman, John T: Reviews
Meeting once more. The Korean side of transnational adoption by Prébin, Elise: Reviews
Georges Balandier. Un anthropologue en première ligne by Copans, Jean
Potent landscapes. Place and mobility in Eastern Indonesiaby Allerton, Catherine
An anthropological trompe l'oeil for a common world. An essay on the economy of knowledgeby Jiménez, Alberto Corsín: Reviews
Cognitive Relativism and Social Science
Modern epistomology has been dominated by an empiricist theory of knowledge that assumes a direct individualistic relationship between the knowing subject and the object of knowledge. Truth is held to be universal, and non-individualistic social and cultural factors are considered sources of distortion of true knowledge. Since the late 1950s, this view has been challenged by a cognitive relativism asserting that what is true is socially condition…
History (15 works) · Sociology (13 works) · History (11 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · African history and culture analysis (3 works)