The conceptual pair of "Erklaren" and "Verstehen" (explanation and understanding) has been an object of philosophical and methodological debates for well over a century. Discussions – to this day – ar
North American Indians have fired the imaginations of Europeans for the past five hundred years. The Native populations of North America have served a variety of European cultural and emotional needs,
European and North American philosophers of science show how scientific concepts can make productive contributions to the investigative practices of scientists. Taking concepts rather than theories as
The series is published for the Onati Institute for the Sociology of Law, in Spain, and this volume contains 11 papers updated from their presentation at a workshop there in 2003. Contributors from la
Fourteen international specialists present twelve papers on the theory and practice of legal borrowing and adaptation in different areas of the world, including Europe, the U.S., Latin America, Southe
Like few of his contemporaries, Norman Feder helped shape the study of American Indian art. In a career spanning four decades as hobbyist craftsman, author, curator, and editor, Feder contributed to t
This volume is a collection of original essays focusing on a wide range of topics in the History and Philosophy of Science. It is a festschrift for Peter Machamer, which includes contributions from sc
