| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Series |
The Tanner lectures on human values
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Tanner lectures on human values (Cambridge, Mass.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"The Tanner Lectures are a collection of educational and scientific discussions relating to human values. Conducted by leaders in their fields, the lectures are presented at renowned institutions around the world, including the Universities of Oxford, Harvard, and Yale. In January 2019, University of Toronto's Michael Lambek, professor, former Canada Research Chair, and member of the Royal Society of Canada, delivered the Tanner Lecture at the University of Michigan's Department of Philosophy on the topic of "Concepts and Persons." As well as tracing his career in social and cultural anthropology, Lambek's Tanner Lecture spoke on the intersection of anthropology and philosophy as a means of articulating the moral basis of human action. By elucidating where anthropology and philosophy might intersect, Lamberk's lecture is a profound examination of the human condition, and is beautifully captured in this publication. Concepts and Persons recounts the lecture as delivered at the prestigious event, the commentary of three distinguished respondents, and Lambek's own response to that commentary. The book's presentation of the lecture also includes a rich and layered set of notes that augment the lecture significantly, as well as additional clarification and thought that has developed since the event."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Elizabeth Anderson -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Concepts and persons : the Tanner lecture -- Commentaries -- Another description : serious games / Sherry B. Ortner -- On games : a response to Sherry B. Ortner -- Brief encounter / Jonathan Lear -- Premature interpretation and the difficulty of anthropology : a response to Jonathan Lear -- Concepts and values, anthropology and judgment / Joel Robbins -- Mistakes of grammar and anthropological judgment : a response to Joel Robbins -- Concluding remarks. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Philosophical anthropology.
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philosophical anthropology. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural |
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Philosophical anthropology |
| Indexed Term |
Tanner Lectures. |
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The Tanner Lectures. |
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anthropology. |
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aspiration. |
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behaviour. |
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ethnography. |
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human condition. |
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interest. |
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philosophy. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Lambek, Michael. Concepts and persons. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2021 1487509057 9781487509057 (OCoLC)1242465888 |
| ISBN |
9781487539603 (epub) |
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1487539606 (epub) |
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9781487539597 (ebook) |
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1487539592 (ebook) |
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9781487509057 (hardcover) |
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1487509057 (hardcover) |
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