Convention, Translation, and Understanding: Philosophical Problems in the Comparative Study of Culture (SUNY series in Logic and Language) - Hardcover

Feleppa, Robert

 
9780887066733: Convention, Translation, and Understanding: Philosophical Problems in the Comparative Study of Culture (SUNY series in Logic and Language)
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ISBN 10: 0887066739 ISBN 13: 9780887066733
Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1988

Synopsis

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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About the Author

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

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Publisher
State University of New York Press
Publication date
1988
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0887066739
ISBN 13 
9780887066733
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
317

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