Structures, Realities, and Blind Spots
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2454553 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Paul Chaney (U.S. National Science Foundation, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 589-596 |
| Publication date | 1978-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7294 • E-ISSN: 1548-1433 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/aa.1978.80.3.02a00040 |
| OpenAlex | W2017001092 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 34 |
In discussing the exchange between Caws and Hanson (AA, Vol. 78, 1976) the nature of the theory and reality that anthropologists must consider in dealing with social and cultural phenomena is examined. There is no objective structure in the phenomena we study, our constructs always being colored by changing conditions. The assumption of an unchanging human nature has long been an obstacle to progress in the anthropological enterprise. [semantics, language, models, structure, anthropological theory
Archaeology · Blind spot · Cognitive science · Colored · Epistemology · Linguistics · Obstacle · Semantics (computer science · Sociology · Anthropology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis · History · Media, Communication, and Education · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Representations and Identity
The logic of the sciences and the humanities
Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture, and Personality
Culture and personality.
Logic of Discovery or Psychology of Research?
Normal Science and its Dangers
The structure of scientific revolutions
The Interpretation of Cultures
Description and comparison in cultural anthropology.
The Forest of Symbols
Rise of Anthropological Theory
What I Do Not Believe, and Other Essays
The Concept of Culture
Three Styles in the Study of Kinship
Naven
The Ontology of Social Structure
The International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Description and Comparison in Cultural Anthropology
Theories of Culture
Primitive Classification (Routledge Revivals)
Structures, Realities, and Blind Spots
Models and Social Reality
Epistle to the Anthropologists1
Operational, Representational, and Explanatory Models
Comparative Analysis and Retroductive Reasoning or Conclusions in Search of a Premise1
Sampling Methods and Interpretation of Correlation
Le Rôti et le Bouilli
Some Considerations on the Nature of Social Structure and Model Building
On Z Factors
On Epistemological Presuppositions and the 'Rules of the Game
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 1978 - 1982 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |