Archaeological programmes

The paper presents a short overview of the concepts used to observe the changes in epistemic standards of a discipline and its future potential, in respect to archaeology. The shortcomings are outlined of the common practice of structuring the theoretical approaches in archaeology into distinct, mu...

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Main Author: Staša Babić
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2023-12-01
Series:Ars & Humanitas
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/arshumanitas/article/view/18162
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description The paper presents a short overview of the concepts used to observe the changes in epistemic standards of a discipline and its future potential, in respect to archaeology. The shortcomings are outlined of the common practice of structuring the theoretical approaches in archaeology into distinct, mutually exclusive modes of reasoning, implying three distinct phases, inspired by Kuhn’s concept of paradigm. The concept of a research programme, introduced by the philosopher of science Imre Lakatos, is suggested as the more productive mode of assessing the multitude of approaches present in archaeology. In this manner, it is possible to retain the diversity of epistemic proposals and to meet the challenges immanent in the character of archaeological evidence.
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spelling doaj.art-131fd0a42da8497894409c4669a133942024-02-07T22:18:05ZdeuUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Ars & Humanitas1854-96322350-42182023-12-0117210.4312/ars.17.2.9-20Archaeological programmesStaša Babić0University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Archaeology, Serbia The paper presents a short overview of the concepts used to observe the changes in epistemic standards of a discipline and its future potential, in respect to archaeology. The shortcomings are outlined of the common practice of structuring the theoretical approaches in archaeology into distinct, mutually exclusive modes of reasoning, implying three distinct phases, inspired by Kuhn’s concept of paradigm. The concept of a research programme, introduced by the philosopher of science Imre Lakatos, is suggested as the more productive mode of assessing the multitude of approaches present in archaeology. In this manner, it is possible to retain the diversity of epistemic proposals and to meet the challenges immanent in the character of archaeological evidence. https://journals.uni-lj.si/arshumanitas/article/view/18162archaeological reasoningepistemic normsparadigm shiftresearch programmeImre Lakatos
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Archaeological programmes
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archaeological reasoning
epistemic norms
paradigm shift
research programme
Imre Lakatos
title Archaeological programmes
title_full Archaeological programmes
title_fullStr Archaeological programmes
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title_short Archaeological programmes
title_sort archaeological programmes
topic archaeological reasoning
epistemic norms
paradigm shift
research programme
Imre Lakatos
url https://journals.uni-lj.si/arshumanitas/article/view/18162
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