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MARC recordInuit and scientific philosophies about planning, prediction, and uncertainty / Peter Bates.
| Title: | Inuit and scientific philosophies about planning, prediction, and uncertainty / Peter Bates. |
| Author(s): | Bates, Peter. |
| Date: | 2007. |
| In: | Arctic Anthropology. (2007.), Vol. 44(2) (2007) |
| Abstract: | Explores Inuit philosophies about future, long-term planning, and prediction, and investigates contrasts with Western ideas. Argues that Inuit philosophies are highly effective and sophisticated method of knowing Arctic environment and dealing with its inherent uncertainties. |
| Notes: | Arctic Anthropology. Vol. 44(2) :87-100 (2007). |
| Keywords: | 39 -- Ethnography: Eskimo. 1 -- Philosophy. 113/119 -- Attitudes to nature. 5 -- Science. 502 -- Environmental issues. 551.583 -- Climatic changes. T -- Social anthropology and ethnography. (*3) -- Arctic regions. |
| SPRI record no.: | 183262 |
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