The great divide: Explanation vs. interpretation
3 important questions on The great divide: Explanation vs. interpretation
What approach does Post-processualism take?
Humanities approach
Anthropologists who study cultures (landscape, rituals) as an ecological system or process (power) tied not so much to what is in the heads as what is in the stomachs and genes of actors. Verstehen or Erklären?
Erklären
There are two metaphysics behond theoretical divergence in terms of reasons vs causes, actions vs events, human agency, vs natural laws
- A top-down one:
- Started thinking about their place in nature
- Thinking of what goes on in the heads
- Transcendence reality (like god) up there
- A bottom-up one:
- Organisms
- Evolution
- Ecology
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