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Knowing ways/ways of knowing

Reconciling science and tradition

Bibliographic Data

ID5087701
AuthorsRoberta Robin Dods (Okanagan University College, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume36
Issue4
Pages547-557
Publication date2004-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0043824042000303719
OpenAlexW2032024911
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited10

The '"facts" that enter our knowledge are already viewed in a certain way and are, therefore, essentially ideational' (Feyerabend 1988: 11). In recognizing this we come to understand that there has arisen for traditional peoples what has been called, in a parallel context of the analysis of postmodernism in Western society, a 'crisis of narratives' (Lyotard 1987: 73). Why this is the case can be examined through a discussion of two ways of knowing: the traditional and the scientific. The paper begins with a discussion of some concepts as proposed by Lyotard (1987), continues with various basic distinctions between traditional and scientific ways of knowing, and then concludes by suggesting their compatibility and utility for the development of a wider perspective in both anthropology and archaeology

Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Narrative · Perspective (graphical · Postmodernism · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of scientific knowledge · Computer Science · History · Language and cultural evolution · Media, Communication, and Education · Philosophy

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Citation span2007 - 2023 (17)
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