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Salmon Philosophy and Archaeology
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4832-9577-0
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
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E-Book, Englisch, 203 Seiten, Web PDF
ISBN: 978-1-4832-9577-0
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Philosophy and Archaeology
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Weitere Infos & Material
1;Front Cover;1
2;Philosophy
and Archaeology;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Prefac;10
6;Acknowledgments;12
7;CHAPTOR
ONE. Introduction;14
8;CHAPTER TWO. Laws in Archaeology;21
8.1;Introduction and Examples;21
8.2;Some Features of Laws: Generality and Truth;22
8.3;Determinism and Statistical Laws;27
8.4;Methodological Determinism;29
8.5;Differences between Laws of Physics and Laws of the Biological
and Behavioral Sciences;31
8.6;Are There Any Laws of Archaeology?;32
8.7;The Importance of Laws for Archaeology;33
8.8;Are There Any Nontrivial Laws of Archaeology?;36
8.9;An Attempt to Employ Laws in an Archaeological Explanation;39
8.10;Conclusion;42
9;CHAPTOR
THREE. Confirmation in Archaeology;44
9.1;Introduction;44
9.2;The Logic of Confirmation;45
9.3;The Hypothetico–Deductive Method;47
9.4;Relative Confirmation and Absolute Confirmation;49
9.5;Inadequacy of the H-D Method as a Model of Confirmation in Archaeology;52
9.6;Prior Probabilities;55
9.7;An Alternative Pattern for Confirmation;62
9.8;Bayes' Method;64
9.9;Alternative Hypotheses;68
9.10;Conclusion;69
10;CHAPTOR
FOUR. Analogy and Functional Ascription;70
10.1;Introduction;70
10.2;Form and Function;71
10.3;Context;72
10.4;Analysis and Evaluation of Arguments from Analogy;74
10.5;An Attempt to Provide a General Method for Ascribing Functions;78
10.6;Criticism of the Attempt;80
10.7;Ethnoarchaeology and Analogy;87
10.8;Conclusion;95
11;CHAPTOR
FIVE. Functional Explanation;97
11.1;Introduction and Examples of Functional Explanations;97
11.2;Functional Explanations versus Functionalist Theories
of Anthropology;98
11.3;The Consistency of Functional Explanations with Scientists' Understanding
of Causality;100
11.4;Some Connections between Functional Explanations and Systems;103
11.5;Models of the Phenomena and Models, or Patterns, of Explanation;106
11.6;Difficulties in Fitting Functional Explanations with Some Standard Models
of Scientific Explanation;110
11.7;Some Inadequacies in the Standard Philosophical Models, or Patterns,
of Scientific Explanation;118
11.8;An Attempt to Preserve Causal Features in Functional Explanations;119
11.9;An Attempt to Preserve Structure and Causality;121
11.10;Conclusion;124
12;CHAPTOR
SIX. Structure of Archaeological Explanation;126
12.1;Introduction;126
12.2;Explaining the Character of a Faunal Assemblage;128
12.3;Structure of the Explanation;130
12.4;Deductive–Statistical Explanation—Explaining Regularities;133
12.5;Explaining the Occurrence of a Pattern;135
12.6;Problems with the High Probability Requirement;137
12.7;Causal Relevance and Statistical Relevance;144
12.8;Probabilistic Causes;147
12.9;Common Causes;149
12.10;Conclusion;151
13;CHAPTOR
SEVEN. Theory Building in Archaeology;153
13.1;Introduction;153
13.2;The Definitional Approach;154
13.3;Operational Definition;156
13.4;Systematics;163
13.5;Formal Theories;170
13.6;Mathematical Modeling;173
13.7;Constructing Theories by Borrowing;178
13.8;General Assumptions, Common-Sense Hypotheses, Induction,
and Theories;179
13.9;Conclusion;190
14;Concluding Remarks;192
15;Bibliography;196
16;Author Index;208
17;Subject Index;212
