Convention, Translation, and Understanding: Philosophical Problems in the Comparative Student - Brossura

Feleppa, Robert

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0887066747 ISBN 13: 9780887066740

Casa editrice: State Univ of New York Pr, 1988

Riassunto

This book surveys several theoretical controversies in anthropology that revolve around reconciling the objective description of culture with the influence of inquirer interests and conceptions. It relates them to discussions by followers of W.V. Quine who see the problems of anthropological inquiry as indicative of conceptual problems in the basic assumptions operative in the discipline, and in the study of language in general. Feleppa offers a revised view of the nature and function of translation in anthropology that gives a plausible account of the problems that traditional semantics introduces into anthropology, while avoiding the severe methodological import Quine envisions.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Robert Feleppa is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Wichita State University.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: State Univ of New York Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1988
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0887066747
• ISBN 13: 9780887066740
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 317
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile