1st Edition
Rationality and Relativism In Search of a Philosophy and History of Anthropology
Prologue. Metaphysical Anthropology P.1. The Fundamental Problems of Anthropology P.2. The Methodology of Problems P.3. Sketchy Metaphysical History Part 1. Rationality 1.1. The Problem Stated 1.2. Ideas about Reason and Rationality 1.3. Reduction of Variation 1.4. Anthropology and Rationality 1.5. The Centrality of Belief and Science 1.6. Anti-cognitive Views of Magic and Religion 1.7. Digression: Rationality and Racialism 1.8. Cargo Cults as an Illustration 1.9. Weak and Strong Rationality 1.10. Further Problems with Cognitive Interpretations 1.11. Views of Science 1.12. Rationality as Rational Thinking 1.13. Rationality as Rational Belief 1.14. Science as the Supreme Embodiment of Rationality Part 2. Relativism 2.1. Relativism, Moral and Cognitive 2.2. Herskovits on Method and Practice 2.3. Relativism as a Philosophy 2.4. The Case for and Against Relativism 2.5. Relativism and Diversity Part 3. Rationality and Relativism 3.1. Relativism in its Cognitive Dimension 3.2. The Connection of Weak Absolutism with Rationality 3.3. The Connection of Weak Absolutism with Morality Epologue. Anthropology and Socio-cultural Transcendence E.1. Reflections E.2. Recollections E.3. Lessons
Biography
I.C. Jarvie
