Talk:IB Cultural Anthropology/The Nature of Anthropology/Paradigm of Anthropology

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This is not a very well written article as of the time of my writing today, August 4, 2011. I hate to say that, while not taking the time to suggest improvements, but it's true. I'm a student of the philosophy of science, and virtually every sentence here fails to reflect common understandings in the field. Key problems waiting to be addressed include: (1) the inaccurate definition of paradigm, which, in particular, does not reflect the (several) conceptions of paradigm explicated by Kuhn in the postscript to the second edition of his famous book; (2) the inaccurate presentation of paradigm shift, either as Kuhn originally presented it or as Kuhn and others subsequently modified it; and (3) the wholly inadequate linkage of such concepts to the philosophy of anthropology in general and cultural anthropology in particular.134.173.195.201 (discuss) 20:16, 4 August 2011 (UTC)