Autor: I.C. Jarvie

Professor Jarvie examines the nature of the revolution in social anthropology in order to investigate its results. Working within Karl Popper»s radical view of the nature of science, he argues that …

Professor Jarvie examines the nature of the revolution in social anthropology in order to investigate its results. Working within Karl Popper»s radical view of the nature of science, he argues that …

This is Volume IV in a series of six on the Sociology of East Asia. Originally published in 1969, the aim was to fill the lack of sociological studies of Hong Kong at the …

This is Volume IV in a series of six on the Sociology of East Asia. Originally published in 1969, the aim was to fill the lack of sociological studies of Hong Kong at the …

Anthropology revolves round answers to problems about the nature, development and unity of mankind; problems that are both philosophical and scientific. In this book, first published in 1984, Profess …

Anthropology revolves round answers to problems about the nature, development and unity of mankind; problems that are both philosophical and scientific. In this book, first published in 1984, Profess …

In our papers on the rationality of magic, we distinghuished, for purposes of analysis, three levels of rationality. First and lowest (rationalit Yl) the goal- directed action of an agent with given …

I suppose Joseph Agassi’s best and dearest self-description, his cher- ished wish, is to practice what his 1988 book promises: The Gentle Art of Philosophical Polemics. But for me, and for so many …

An outstanding feature of this book is the broad range of the contributors, drawn from Europe, the Middle East and North America, testifying both to the range of Professor Agassi’s interests and the …