| Description |
1 online resource (x, 261 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Synthese library : studies in epistemology, logic, methodology, and philosophy of science, 0166-6991 ; volume 433 |
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Synthese library ; v. 433. 0166-6991
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| Contents |
1. The Twain Shall Meet: Themes at the Intersection of Archaeology and Philosophy (Anton Killin & Sean Allen-Hermanson) -- Part I. Theory and Inference. 2. "I'm Not Saying It Was Aliens" : An Archaeological and Philosophical Analysis of a Conspiracy Theorym (Derek D. Turner & Michelle I. Turner) -- 3. Mortar and Pestle or Cooking Vessel? When Archaeology Makes Progress Through Failed Analogies (Rune Nyrup) -- 4. Scaffolding and Concept-Metaphors: Building Archaeological Knowledge in Practice (Bruce Routledge) -- 5. Human Curiosity Then and Now: The Anthropology, Archaeology, and Psychology of Patent Protections (Armin W. Schulz) -- 6. Music Archaeology, Signaling Theory, Social Differentiation (Anton Killin) -- 7. The Archaeology and Philosophy of Health: Navigating the New Normal Problem (Carl Brusse) -- Part II. Language and Cognition. 8. Embodied and Extended Numerical Cognition (Marilynn Johnson & Caleb Everett) -- 9. Late Pleistocene Dual Process Minds (Murray Clarke) -- 10. Theory of Mind, System-2 Thinking, and the Origins of Language (Ronald J. Planer) -- Part III. Normativity and Normative Issues. 11. The Acheulean Origins of Normativity (Ceri Shipton, Mark Nielsen & Fabio Di Vincenzo) -- 12. Social Archaeology as the Study of Ethical Life: Agency, Intentionality, and Responsibility (Artur Ribeiro) -- 13. Are Archaeological Parks the New Amusement Parks? UNESCO World Heritage Status and Tourism (Elizabeth Scarbrough) |
| Summary |
This volume explores various themes at the intersection of archaeology and philosophy: inference and theory; interdisciplinary connections; cognition, language and normativity; and ethical issues. Showcasing this heterogeneity, its scope ranges from the method of analogical inference to the evolution of the human mind; from conceptual issues in assessing the health of past populations to the ethics of cultural heritage tourism. It probes the archaeological record for evidence of numeracy, curiosity and creativity, and social complexity. Its contributors comprise an interdisciplinary cluster of philosophers, archaeologists, anthropologists, and psychologists, from a variety of career stages, of whom many are leading experts in their fields. Chapter 3 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com |
| Analysis |
Archaeology; philosophy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 7, 2021) |
| Subject |
Archaeology -- Philosophy.
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Philosophy and science.
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Archaeology.
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Archaeology
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archaeology.
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Archaeology -- Philosophy
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Philosophy and science
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Killin, Anton, 1986- editor.
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Allen-Hermanson, Sean, 1970- editor.
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| ISBN |
9783030610524 |
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3030610527 |
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