ANTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Testability
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Holistic : anthropologists try to integrate all that is known about human beings and their activities at the most inclusive level. Comparative : anthropologists seek evidence for generalizations about human beings from any and all societies anywhere in the world. Human organisms and human societies have changed over time from prehistoric periods to the present day. Acquired by human beings as members of societies- we use these behaviors and ideas as resources. To pursue our interests ( our welfare, e. g to survive and reproduce) (getting married or getting an education) To identify the interests we ought to pursue ( e. g what counts as our welfare is shaped) Artifacts, or objects created by human beings as members of societies. Scientists and nonscientists are story tellers- the offer narrative accounts of how things go to be the way they are. Origin narrative from western physics (pagels 1985)
