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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.
Cognitive archaeology is a theoretical perspective in archaeology that focuses on the ancient mind. It is divided into two main groups: evolutionary cognitive archaeology (ECA), which seeks to understand human cognitive evolution from the material record, and ideational cognitive archaeology (ICA), which focuses on the symbolic structures discernable in or inferable from past material culture.
Jung's work has been influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philosophy, psychology, [7] religious studies and evolutionary theory. [3] He worked as a research scientist at the Burghölzli psychiatric hospital in Zurich, under Eugen Bleuler.
The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences (Les Mots et les Choses: Une archéologie des sciences humaines) is a book by French philosopher Michel Foucault. It proposes that every historical period has underlying epistemic assumptions, ways of thinking, which determine what is truth and what is acceptable discourse about a ...
Philosophy and literature involves the literary treatment of philosophers and philosophical themes (the literature of philosophy), and the philosophical treatment of issues raised by literature (the philosophy of literature). The philosophy of literature, a subset of aesthetics, examines the nature of art and the significance of verbal arts ...
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.
The Philosophy of archaeology seeks to explore the foundations of archaeology including epistemology, ontology, ethics and theory. The main article for this category is Philosophy of archaeology . Pages in category "Philosophy of archaeology"