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The All-or-Nothing Syndrome and the Human Condition

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dc.contributor.authorPina-Cabral, Joao
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-14T14:38:43Z
dc.date.available2021-05-14T14:38:43Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThroughout the second half of the twentieth century, anthropologists failed to elaborate on theoretical concepts such as the ‘human condition’. In face of the fact that they did not abandon their scientific calling or the label ‘anthropology’, this must surely be taken as surprising. The article argues that this silence is possible due to an ideational performance here called the ‘all-or-nothing syndrome’. This depends on a skeptical fallacy: the condition of those who, because they cannot have it all, despair of having what is there to be had. The article also explores the Davidsonian notions of ‘indeterminacy’ and ‘underdetermination’ as possible paths out of this quandary. It suggests an approach to ethnographic knowledge based on the principles that underscore the mechanisms of control that engineers call ‘fuzzy logic’.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationPina-Cabral, Joao. 2009. “The all-or-nothing syndrome and the human condition”, Social Analysis 53 (2), pp. 163-176.pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3167/sa.2009.530210pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/47879
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherBerghahnpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/social-analysis/53/2/sa530210.xmlpt_PT
dc.subjectall-or-nothing syndromept_PT
dc.subjectDonald Davidsonpt_PT
dc.subjecthuman conditionpt_PT
dc.subjectindeterminacypt_PT
dc.subjecttruthpt_PT
dc.subjectunderdeterminationpt_PT
dc.subjectSocial Anthropologypt_PT
dc.subjectEthnographypt_PT
dc.titleThe All-or-Nothing Syndrome and the Human Conditionpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceOxfordpt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage176pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage163pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleSocial Analysispt_PT
oaire.citation.volume53 (2)pt_PT
person.familyNamePina-Cabral
person.givenNameJoao
person.identifier.ciencia-id3413-4A5E-AEB7
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-7180-4407
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