Ethnography, Belief Ascription, and Epistemological Barriers
指出民族志学者在给研究对象归因信念时比通常认为的更困难且易错,阐述了根本的认识论问题,并提出了减少错误的指南。
While ascribing beliefs to one's subjects is a common practice for most ethnographers, I argue that this task is far more difficult and error-prone than commonly realized. I lay out the fundamental epistemological problems for belief ascribers and explain why certain sorts of ascriptions are especially difficult to make accurately. I suggest some guidelines for making ethnographic belief ascription less error-prone.