1. The Art and Science of Anthropology
... author as opposed to being conclusive and universal as is the case for scientific knowledge. From this argument, Carrithers states that anthropology cannot be regarded as a scientific discipline as anthropological knowledge is in no sense scientific (Carrithers, 1990:263). Carrithers appears to regard the role of science in anthropology with a negative attitude, stating a ... in anthropology and science in a whole, namely abstraction, classification, comparison and the formulation of hypotheses (Kluckhorn, 1959:512), further developing the idea that anthropology is a scientific disciplin...
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