ANTH 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Materialism, Cogito Ergo Sum, Ethnocentrism
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Anthropology = the study of humans* (all varieties of people, cultures and all time periods) Anthropologists use a holistic approach: the 4 fields. Archaeology: study of past material culture (ex. fossil fuels, artifacts, etc. ) Biological: study of human biology + evolution (study races , biological variation) Linguistic: study of language - broader cultural, historical and biological context (includes ape language studies, unique to humans) Cultural: human diversity (ex. sets of learned behaviours, culture in all forms) Applied anthropology: action anthropology anthro as a social action/critique, includes all 4 fields, applying it to the real world, brings attention to discrimination. Dualism: human nature made up of different but equal sources. Idealism: cogito ergo sum (i think, therefore i am), ideas that the mind creates. Materialism: activities of our physical bodies make us in the material world. Determinism: human nature determined by our mind or determined by the material world determined by the causal force of physical matter.
