James W. Lett, Ph.D.
Science, Reason, & Anthropology
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This page lists a selection of what I consider to be my more significant publications. Several of the articles and chapters listed below include links to the complete text (or at least substantial excerpts from the complete text).

Full citations for all my publications can be found in my Curriculum Vita.



Books



Places of the World: A Study Guide for Achieving Fundamental Geographic Literacy. 2009, 6th ed. (ISBN 13: 978-0-495-39101-2) Brooks-Cole, Cengage Learning.

Excursions in Geography: A Full Year of Daily Lessons in Geographic Literacy as Heard on National Public Radio Affiliate WQCS-FM, Classic 88.9, Ft. Pierce, Florida. 2006 (ISBN 978-0-9745098-6-0) Ft. Pierce, Florida: Pioneer River Press.

Science, Reason, and Anthropology: The Principles of Rational Inquiry. 1997 (ISBN 0-8476-8592-6) Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, Publishers.

The Human Enterprise: A Critical Introduction to Anthropological Theory. 1987 (ISBN 0-8133-0421-0) Boulder and London: Westview Press.



Chapters in Edited Volumes



Dawkins, Richard. 2013. Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology. R. Jon McGee and Richard L. Warms, eds.

The Theoretical Legacies of Cultural Materialism and Marvin Harris. 2007. Studying Societies and Cultures. Lawrence A. Kuznar and Stephen K. Sanderson, eds.

Scientific Skepticism and Religious Rituals. 2004. Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals, and Festivals. Frank A. Salamone, ed.

Science, Religion, and Anthropology. 1997. Anthropology of Religion. Stephen D. Glazier, ed.

Emic/Etic Distinctions. 1996. Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology. David Levinson and Melvin Ember, eds.

Scientific Anthropology. 1996. Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology. David Levinson and Melvin Ember, eds.

A Field Guide to Critical Thinking. 1991. The Hundredth Monkey and Other Paradigms of the Paranormal. Kendrick Frazier, ed. (The article was originally published in the journal Skeptical Inquirer in 1990; the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry has posted the original article on its website.)

Emics and Etics: Notes on the Epistemology of Anthropology. 1990. Emics and Etics. Thomas N, Headland, Kenneth L. Pike, and Marvin Harris, eds.


Articles in Journals
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The Evolution of Religious Freedom. 2007. Forum on Public Policy Online.

Irreconcilable Differences: The Fundamental Incompatibility of Science and Religion. 2003. Think.

Interpretive Anthropology, Metaphysics, and the Paranormal. 1991. Journal of Anthropological Research.


Comment on 'Modern Political Ritual: Ethnography of an Inauguration and a Pilgrimage by President Mitterand.' 1988. Current Anthropology.


An Anthropological View of Television Journalism. 1987. Human Organization.


An Anthropologist on the Anchor Desk. 1987. Practicing Anthropology.


The Light that Failed. 1987. Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly.


Ludic and Liminoid Aspects of Charter Yacht Tourism in the Caribbean. 1983. Annals of Tourism Research.


Course Materials



I developed these Study Guides to be used in various courses that I taught at Indian River State College. They are tied very closely to my personal courses (reflecting the lectures I presented, the films I incorporated, and the tests I gave), so it's unlikely that they would be directly applicable to any other particular college course; however, they all contain resources that might be useful to students and/or instructors in similar introductory courses.


Study Guide and Supplemental Readings for Biological Anthropology and Archaeology. 2013.


Study Guide and Supplemental Readings for Cultural Anthropology and Linguistics
. 2013.


Study Guide and Additional Resources for Forensic Anthropology
. 2013.


Study Guide and Test Bank for World Regional Geography. 2013.
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