Thinking From Things

Essays in the Philosophy of Archaeology

By: Alison Wylie

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Paperback | 13 November 2002 | Edition Number 1

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In this long-awaited compendium of new and newly revised essays, Alison Wylie explores how archaeologists know what they know. Examining the history and methodology of Anglo-American archaeology, Wylie puts the tumultuous debates of the last thirty years in historical and philosophical perspective.

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Non-Fiction Archaeology Archaeological Theory Science Science in General Philosophy Social & Political Philosophy

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction Philosophy from the Ground Up
How New Is the New Archaeology, and Other Historical Essays
How New Is the New Archaeology?
The Typology Debate
The Conceptual Core of the New Archaeology
Emergent Tensions in the New Archaeology
Arguments for Scientific Realism
Between Philosophy and Archaeology
Interpretive Dilemmas: Crisis Arguments in the New Archaeology
The Interpretive Dilemma
Epistemological Issues Raised by Symbolic and Structuralist Archaeology
The Reaction against Analogy
Putting Shakertown Back Together: Critical Theory in Archaeology
Archaeological Cables and Tacking: Beyond Objectivism and Relativism
On Being "Empirical" but Not "Narrowly Empiricist"
"Heavily Decomposing Red Herrings": Middle Ground in the Anti-/Postprocessualism Wars
Bootstrapping in the Un-natural Sciences--Archaeology, for Example
The Constitution of Archaeological Evidence: Gender Politics and Science
Rethinking Unity as a "Working Hypothesis" for Philosophy of Science: How Archaeologists Exploit the Disunities of Science
Unification and Convergence in Archaeological Explanation
Issues of Accountability
Ethical Dilemmas in Archaeological Practice: The (Trans)formation of Disciplinary Identity
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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