On Programmatics

In concludingAn Anthropology of Ethics(Faubion 2011), I identified four general conceptual apparatuses—referential, model-theoretic, tendential, and diagnostic—that singly or in combination have become part of our anthropological legacy. I made the effort for several reasons. The first was apologeti...

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Published inTheory Can Be More than It Used to Be pp. 39 - 47
Main Author Faubion, James D
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press 07.01.2016
Edition1
Subjects
Anthropology
Applied anthropology
Applied sciences
Axioms
Behavioral sciences
Closed systems
Cultural anthropology
Empiricism
Epistemology
Etiology
Families
Formal logic
Human societies
Kinship
Logic
Logical topics
Mathematical expressions
Mathematical logic
Mathematics
Metaphysics
Modal logic
Model theory
Nominalism
Nonstandard logics
Ontology
Philosophy
Referentialism
Social institutions
Sociology
Systems science
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Summary:In concludingAn Anthropology of Ethics(Faubion 2011), I identified four general conceptual apparatuses—referential, model-theoretic, tendential, and diagnostic—that singly or in combination have become part of our anthropological legacy. I made the effort for several reasons. The first was apologetic (read “self-justi ficatory”).An Anthropology of Ethicsis a generalist enterprise. It is the sort of enterprise that was common and comprehensible enough in social and cultural anthropology through the 1970s. It is a rare enterprise, perhaps bordering on the exotic, and very often regarded with considerable skepticism today, especially among cultural anthropologists and especially (though not exclusively)
ISBN:1501700898
9781501700897
DOI:10.7591/9781501700903-003