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Philosophy of archaeology can also denote a certain approach or attitude applied to the discipline, such as feminist, Marxist, humanist or processual for example. These approaches are generally referred to as "theory" by archaeologists and are sometimes conflated with, but are not the same as, analytic philosophy of archaeology.
Archaeological theory functions as the application of philosophy of science to archaeology, and is occasionally referred to as philosophy of archaeology. There is no one singular theory of archaeology, but many, with different archaeologists believing that information should be interpreted in different ways.
The traditional greats course consisted of Greek and Roman history together with philosophy. The philosophy included Plato and Aristotle, and also modern philosophy, both logic and ethics, with a critical reading of standard texts. In 1968 an elective 'Latin and Greek Literature' was added; students chose two of the three.
Comparative literature comparative research into literature from more than one language, working with the original languages in which the texts were written; Philosophy – study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.
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This template is flexible enough to be used to provide a box containing an information summary for many historical and cultural locations, even though it was originally created for use with articles about ancient sites, excavations and constructions.
Archaeology – study of past human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains and environmental data; Archontology – study of historical offices and important positions in state, international, political, religious and other organizations and societies; Art history – study of changes in and social context ...
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