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The Scientific Method
Reading Assignment:
1. Bernard, Chapters 1 & 2.
2. Kuznar, Chapters 1-3.
... --Lawrence Kuznar, Reclaiming a Scientific Anthropology

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The Scientific Method

 

 

 

Reading Assignment:

1.     Bernard, Chapters 1 & 2.

2.     Kuznar, Chapters 1-3.

3.     Science and Anthropology.

4.     Aristotelian vs. Galilean Forms of Explanation

5.     Hill's Criteria of Causality.

6.     Sagan, The Fine Art of Baloney Detection.

7.     Axtell & Sturtevant, "The Unkindest Cur or Who Invented Scalping?" (R)

 

 

 

 

 

"A concern with knowing the world, rather than advocating a view of the world because it confirms some political, ideological, or religious project, has always been fundamental to scientific philosophy." 

 

--Lawrence Kuznar, Reclaiming a Scientific Anthropology

 

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text-indent: -34px;"> <b><font color="#005300" face="Arial">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Kuznar, Chapters 1-3.</font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5px 10px 0pt 100px; text-indent: -34px;"> <b><font color="#275120" face="Arial">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font> <font color="#336633" face="Arial"> <i> <a href="science_and_the_study_of_anthrop.html"><font color="#000080">Science and Anthropology</font></a>.</i></font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5px 10px 0pt 100px; text-indent: -34px;"> <b><font color="#005300" face="Arial">4.&nbsp;&nbsp; </font> <font color="#275120" face="Arial">&nbsp; </font><font color="#993333" face="Arial"><i><a href="aristotelian_vs_galileian.htm"><font color="#000080">Aristotelian vs. Galilean Forms of Explanation</font></a></i></font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5px 10px 0pt 100px; text-indent: -34px;"> <b><font color="#005300" face="Arial">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></b> <font color="#cc0033" face="Arial"><i><b> <a href="http://www.drabruzzi.com/hills_criteria_of_causation.htm"> <font color="#000080" size="3">Hill's Criteria of Causality</font></a></b></i></font><b><font color="#005300" face="Arial">.</font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5px 10px 0pt 100px; text-indent: -34px;"> <b><font color="#005300" face="Arial">6.</font><font color="#800000" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp; <i>&nbsp; </i> </font></b><font color="#006600"><b><font face="Arial">Sagan,</font></b><font face="Arial"><b>&nbsp;<i><a href="Sagan%20Fine%20Art%20of%20%20Baloney%20Detection.pdf"><font color="#000080">The Fine Art of Baloney Detection</font></a></i>.</b></font></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 5px 10px 0pt 100px; text-indent: -34px;"> <b><font color="#005300" face="Arial">7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Axtell &amp; Sturtevant, "The Unkindest Cur or Who Invented Scalping?"</font><i><font color="#800000" face="Arial"> (R)</font></i></b></p> </blockquote> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">&nbsp;</p></td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="43%"> <p style="margin-right: 70px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="center">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-right: 70px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="center"> <img src="images/harrissciencequote.jpg" width="418" border="0" height="225"></p></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <font color="#993333" face="Arial"> </font><table style="border-collapse: collapse;" id="AutoNumber6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="line-height: 1.25em; 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