01:070:101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ethnocentrism, Intersubjectivity, Deductive Reasoning
30 Oct 2014
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February 19, 2009 desconfianza the mistrust in the anthropologist. Evolutionary the change of culture through time. Savage to civilized; fit societies into that framework: based on deductive logic already assume a general statement. Historical paticulairsm cant generalize about the world until you understand a whole culture. Have to look at societies separately and then you can generalize about them: going case by case to make a generalization. Nomothetic finding general laws about the way the world and people work. Intersubjectivity understanding the world the way someone else sees it. webs of significance; you can associate with other people but you still don"t loose your. Witchcraft holding someone responsible for the supernatural; someone sorcery using magic to do harm controls it. Oracle a method of fortune telling. Worldview one"s concepts about the universal questions of life. Specific, your opinion always challenging them. cosmology beliefs in the nature of the universe.
