This work investigates the very nature and existence of individual substances, including both living things and inanimate objects. It provides an introduction to the history and contemporary debates of this important and often complex issue. Starting with a critical survey of the main historical attempts by Aristotle, Descartes, Spinoza, Locke and Hume to provide an analysis of substance, the authors present the view that a substance must satisfy an independence condition which could not be satisfied by an insubstantial entity. Throughout the book the authors also consider problems for the...
This work investigates the very nature and existence of individual substances, including both living things and inanimate objects. It provides an intr...
This volume examines the relevance of archaeological theory to classical archaeology. It offers a wide ranging overview of classical archaeology, from the Bronze Age to the classical period and from mainland Greece to Cyprus. Within this framework it examines many of the issues which have become important in the study of archaeology in recent years: time; the past; gender; ideology; social structure and group identity. The papers in this collection cover such diverse topics as funerary architecture, classical art and scientific methodologies. By examining classical archaeology in the light of...
This volume examines the relevance of archaeological theory to classical archaeology. It offers a wide ranging overview of classical archaeology, from...
Archaeology and Folklore explores the complex relationship between the two disciplines to demonstrate what they might learn from each other. This collection includes theoretical discussions and case studies drawn from Western Europe, the Mediterranean and North. They explore the differences between popular traditions relating to historic sites and archaeological interpretations of their history and meaning.
Archaeology and Folklore explores the complex relationship between the two disciplines to demonstrate what they might learn from each other.<...