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H.Philosophy and archaeology  \nUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKAAT KEARNEY35085010303600  \n# WITHDRAWN\n\nPhilosophy and Archaeology  \nWITHDRAWN  \nThis is a volume in  \nStudies in Archaeology  \nA complete list of titles in this series appears at the end of this volume.  \n# Philosophyand Archaeology\n\nMerrilee H.Salmon  \nDepartments ofAnthropology,  \nHistory and Philosophy of Science,PhilosophyUniversity of PittsburghPittsburgh,Pennsylvania  \nCALVINT.RYAN LIBRARYU.OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY  \n1982  \nACADEMIC PRESS  \nA Subsidiary of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,Publishers  \nNew York LondonParis San Diego San Francisco Sao Paulo Sydney Tokyo Toronto  \nCoPYRIGHT 1982,BY ACADEMIC PRESS,INC.ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.  \nNO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE REPRODUCED ORTRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS,ELECTRONICOR MECHANICAL,INCLUDING PHOTOCOPY,RECORDING,OR ANYINFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM,WITHOUTPERMISSION IN WRITING FROM THE PUBLISHER.  \nACADEMIC PRESS,INC.111 Fifth Avenue,New York,New York 10003  \nUnited Kingdom Edition published by  \nACADEMIC PRESS,INC.(LONDON)LTD.24/28 Oval Road,London NW17DX  \n# Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data\n\nSalmon,Merrilee H.Philosophy and archaeology.  \n(Studies in archaeology)Bibliography:p.Includes index.  \n1.Archaeology--Philosophy.2.Archaeology--  \nMethodology.1.Title.11.Series.CC72.S241982930.1'0182-8828ISBN 0-12-615650-6AACR2  \nPRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  \nContents  \nPrefaceixAcknowledgmentsxi  \nONE.Introduction1  \nTWO.Laws in Archaeology  \nIntroduction and Examples8  \nSome Features of Laws:Generality and Truth9Determinism and Statistical Laws14Methodological Determinism16Differences between Laws of Physics and Laws of the Biological  \nand Behavioral Sciences18Are There Any Laws of Archaeology?19The Importance of Laws for Archaeology20Are There Any Nontrivial Laws of Archaeology?23An Attempt to Employ Laws in an Archaeological Explanation26Conclusion29  \nTHREE.Confirmation in Archaeology  \nIntroduction31The Logic of Confirmation32The Hypothetico-Deductive Method34Relative Confirmation and Absolute Confirmation36  \nInadequacy of the H-D Method as a Model of Confirmation in Archaeology39Prior Probabilities42  \nAn Alternative Pattern for Confirmation49Bayes'Method51Alternative Hypotheses55Conclusion56  \nvi  \nFOUR.Analogy and Functional Ascription  \nIntroduction57Form and Function58Context59  \nAnalysis and Evaluation of Arguments from Analogy61An Attempt to Provide a General Method for Ascribing Functions65Criticism of the Attempt67Ethnoarchaeology and Analogy74Conclusion82  \nFIVE.Functional Explanation  \nIntroduction and Examples of Functional Explanations84Functional Explanations versus Functionalist Theories  \nof Anthropology85  \nThe Consistency of Functional Explanations with Scientists'Understanding  \nof Causality  \n87  \nSome Connections between Functional Explanations and Systems90Models of the Phenomena and Models,or Patterns,of Explanation93Difficulties in Fitting Functional Explanations with Some Standard Models  \nof Scientific Explanation97  \nSome Inadequacies in the Standard Philosophical Models,or Patterns,  \n105  \nof Scientific Explanation  \nAn Attempt to Preserve Causal Features in Functional Explanations106An Attempt to Preserve Structure and Causality108Conclusion111  \nSIX.Structure of Archaeological Explanation  \nIntroduction113  \nExplaining the Character of a Faunal Assemblage115Structure of the Explanation117  \nDeductive-Statistical Explanation—Explaining Regularities120Explaining the Occurrence of a Pattern122Problems with the High Probability Requirement124Causal Relevance and Statistical Relevance 131Probabilistic Causes134Common Causes136Conclusion138  \nSEVEN.Theory Building in Archaeology  \nIntroduction140The Definitional Approach141Operational Definition143","cbCail6RWTaAS4Nt","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCail6RWTaAS4Nt","pdf",15036447,232,"English","# Contents\n## Preface\n## 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