Companion to the History of Modern Science
Journal Data
| Type | SOURCE_BOOK |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Group |
| ISBN-13 | 9781003070818 |
| Open Library | OL8093232W |
| Total publications | 5 |
| Coverage period | 2020 - 2020 |
| Language | EN |
| Impact factor | 0.2 |
Companion to the History of Modern Science
Paradigmatic Traditions in the History of Anthropology
In 1904 Franz Boas defined the domain of anthropological knowledge as ‘the biological history of mankind in all its varieties; linguistics applied to people without written languages; the ethnology of people without historic records; and prehistoric archeology’. More than any other ‘anthropologist’, Boas (1858–1942) may be said to exemplify the putative unity of this domain, since (virtually alone among his confrères) he made significant contribu…
Sociological Theories of Scientific Knowledge
Paradigmatic Traditions in the History of Anthropology
Sociological Theories of Scientific Knowledge
All societies make a systematic distinction between knowledge on the one hand and mere belief on the other. Knowledge is that which is entitled to general acceptance and trust; belief is that which one or more individuals, rightly or wrongly, happen to cleave to. In any given society knowledge may be described as true beliefs, or justified beliefs, or beliefs both justified and true. There will also be methods of identifying such beliefs, of asce…
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Companion to the History of Modern Science
Paradigmatic Traditions in the History of Anthropology
In 1904 Franz Boas defined the domain of anthropological knowledge as ‘the biological history of mankind in all its varieties; linguistics applied to people without written languages; the ethnology of people without historic records; and prehistoric archeology’. More than any other ‘anthropologist’, Boas (1858–1942) may be said to exemplify the putative unity of this domain, since (virtually alone among his confrères) he made significant contribu…
Sociological Theories of Scientific Knowledge
Paradigmatic Traditions in the History of Anthropology
Sociological Theories of Scientific Knowledge
All societies make a systematic distinction between knowledge on the one hand and mere belief on the other. Knowledge is that which is entitled to general acceptance and trust; belief is that which one or more individuals, rightly or wrongly, happen to cleave to. In any given society knowledge may be described as true beliefs, or justified beliefs, or beliefs both justified and true. There will also be methods of identifying such beliefs, of asce…