The minimum definition of science, therefore, implies invariably the existence of general laws, a field for experiment and observation, and last, but not least, a control of academic discourse by practical application Bronislav Malinowski
[Ethnography is] the science of [primitive] culture Edward Tylor
Instructed to examine electrical or chemical phenomena, the man who is ignorant of these fields but who knows what it is to be scientific may legitimately reach any one of a number of incompatible conclusions Thomas Kuhn
Instructed to examine electrical or chemical phenomena, the man who is ignorant of these fields but who knows what it is to be scientific may legitimately reach any one of a number of incompatible conclusions Thomas Kuhn
The study is scientific insofar as a hypothetical abstract model is constructed and tested Alan Dundes
… as long as no correct morphological study exists, there can be no correct historical studyVladimir Propp
I have sometimes felt that the anthropologists of the past tended to overemphasize the differences between the Australian nativesand ourselves…Theodor Strehlow