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Can There Be a Philosophy of Archaeology?
Processual Archaeology and the Philosophy of Science
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2006
Summary
Can There Be a Philosophy of Archaeology? provides a historical and philosophical analysis of the rise and fall of the philosophical movement know as logical positivism, focusing on the effect of that movement on the budding science of archaeology. Significant problems resulted from the grafting of logical positivism onto what became known as processual, or new archaeology, and as a result of this failure, archaeologists distanced themselves from philosophers of science, believing that archaeology would be best served by a return to the dirt. By means of a thorough analysis of the real reasons for failures of logical empiricism and the new archaeology, as well as a series of archaeological case studies, Krieger shows the need for the resumption of dialogue and collaboration between the two groups. In an age where philosophers of science are just beginning to look beyond the standard examples of scientific practice, this book demonstrates that archaeological science can hold its own with other sciences and will be of interest to archaeologists and philosophers of science alike.
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Edition
1/2006
Copyright Year
2006
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-1249-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-5277-5
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
148
Product Type
Monograph
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Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
Chapter 1: Logical Positivism and Scientific Explanation No access Pages 5 - 30
Chapter 2: The New Archaeology No access Pages 31 - 46
Chapter 3: The New Archaeology's New Archaeologists No access Pages 47 - 68
Chapter 4: Philosophy and Archaeology: Post-Positivism No access Pages 69 - 98
