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Magic, Science, Religion, and the Scope of Rationality

1992; University of Hawaii Press; Volume: 42; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/1399300

1529-1898

Mary Tiles, S. J. Tambiah,

Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies

List of plates Foreword Alfred Harris Acknowledgements 1. Magic, science and religion in Western thought: anthropology's intellectual legacy 2. Anthropology's intellectual legacy (continued) 3. Sir Edward Tylor versus Bronislaw Malinowski: is magic false science or meaningful performance? 4. Malinowski's demarcations and his exposition of the magical art 5. Multiple orderings of reality: the debate initiated by Levy-Bruhl 6. Rationality, relativism, the translation and commensurability of cultures 7. Modern science and its extensions Notes Bibliography Index.