The Limits of Irrationality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4181000 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Hollis (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1967 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 265-271 |
| Publication date | 1967-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-9756 • E-ISSN: 1474-0583 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003975600001545 |
| OpenAlex | W2154936207 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
The anthropologist starts with an empty notebook and it seems that everything he writes in it is discovered empirically. But is it? I shall argue here that the fact that the natives are 'rational' in Mr. Lukes first or 'universal' sense is not discovered empirically and that this puts Mr. Lukes' philosophical problem in a different light
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When clarity and consistency conflicts with empirical adequacy
Self-Affirmation, Freedom, and Rationality
An Anthropological Critique of Development
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Universalist, relativist, and constructivist approaches to intercultural ethics
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Through western eyes, or how my Balinese neighbour became a duck
On An Unnoticed Key to Reality
Science and Traditional Religious Thought I & II
Rationality Assumptions and their Limits
The Problem of Other Cultures
The Problem of Apparently Irrational AI
Do Azande and Nuer Use a Non-Standard Logic
The prelogical mentality revisited
Healing and the cultural order
African Gnosis Philosophy and the Order of Knowledge
Sinking heart
Uses and Abuses of Anachronism in the History of the Sciences
Images of the Pathan
The Challenge of Global Social Inquiry
| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 1973 - 2026 (54) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |