Overview
- Examines the emerging, unexplored territory of philosophy of archaeology
- Presents the perspectives of both philosophers and archaeologists
- Centers on the Upper Paleolithic era, with its evidence of settlements, social order and artistic work
Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 433)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Theory and Inference
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Cognition, Language and Normativity
Keywords
- Mythology shamanism
- Cognition Upper Paleolithic
- Rock Art Egypt
- Experimental Data Archaeological Record
- Music archaeology, ethnography, signalling theory
- archaeological tourism
- preservation archaeological sites
- Upper Palaeolithic mythology and shamanism
- Upper Palaeolithic archaeology
- Upper Palaeolithic rock art
- Preservation of archaeological objects
- Upper Palaeolithic Mythology
- Philosophy Mythology
- Landscape Art Egypt
- Rock Art Nubia
- Landscape art Egypt
- numerical cognition archeology
- artefacts archaeology
- archaeology philosophy
- Digging Deeper Archaeological Philosophical Perspectives
About this book
This volume explores various themes at the intersection of archaeology and philosophy: inference and theory; interdisciplinary connections; cognition, language and normativity; and ethical issues. Showcasing this heterogeneity, its scope ranges from the method of analogical inference to the evolution of the human mind; from conceptual issues in assessing the health of past populations to the ethics of cultural heritage tourism. It probes the archaeological record for evidence of numeracy, curiosity and creativity, and social complexity. Its contributors comprise an interdisciplinary cluster of philosophers, archaeologists, anthropologists, and psychologists, from a variety of career stages, of whom many are leading experts in their fields.
Chapter 3 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Sean Allen-Hermanson is Professor of Philosophy at Florida International University in Miami FL, USA. Sean’s primary areas of research include philosophy of mind and cognitive science. Sean has published on extended cognition, cultural evolution, comparative psychology, and implicit bias.
The editors are also the guest editors of a special issue of Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy entitled “Archaeology and Philosophy”.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Explorations in Archaeology and Philosophy
Editors: Anton Killin, Sean Allen-Hermanson
Series Title: Synthese Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61052-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-61051-7Published: 27 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-61054-8Published: 28 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-61052-4Published: 26 April 2021
Series ISSN: 0166-6991
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 261
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Science, Archaeology, Behavioral Sciences