Abstract
The purpose of this essay is two-fold: to trace the use (and perhaps mis-use) of the paradigm concept in contemporary anthropology and to delineate the anthropological contribution to redefining the notion of paradigm more adequately. Certain preliminary strictures must be kept in mind, however, in order to appreciate what this essay hopes to contribute and what it cannot achieve.KeywordsScientific RevolutionCultural RelativismCultural AnthropologyRationality DebateAmerican AnthropologistThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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