Shennan, S. J. (1989). Why should we believe archaeological interpretations? Paper presented at Anglo-French Round Table 'Exploring the foundations of interpretations in the humanities: the role of artificial intelligence', Bourne, Lincolnshire, 14-17 September 1988. Humanities Communication Newsl 11. Vol 11, pp. 9-20.

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	Why should we believe archaeological interpretations? Paper presented at Anglo-French Round Table 'Exploring the foundations of interpretations in the humanities: the role of artificial intelligence', Bourne, Lincolnshire, 14-17 September 1988
Issue The name of the volume or issue Issue:	Humanities Communication Newsl 11
Series The series the publication or report is included in Series:	Humanities Communication Newsletter
Volume Volume number and part Volume:	11
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. Page Start/End:	9 - 20
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Publication Type The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book Publication Type:	Journal
Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	Reviews some recent debates in the epistemology of archaeology and the questions they raise about the role of evidence in deciding questions about the past. The importance of theory, and the need to be aware of the foundations of our theories, are emphasized and issue taken with some of the recent ideas of J-Cl Gardin and A Gallay on these subjects. Some distinctions proposed by the sociologist Runciman between different kinds of understanding in the social sciences are adopted. Finally it is suggested that debate about theory and evidence in archaeology may be made more rigorous by the use of artificial intelligence approaches, in particular by 'arguing expert systems' of the kind recently proposed by A Stutt. Au (contrib)
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	Stephen J Shennan
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	1989
Source Where the record has come from or which dataset it was orginally included in. Source:	BIAB (British Archaeological Abstracts (BAA))
Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered Created Date:	05 Dec 2008