Paradigms of anthropology as causes of taxonomic controversies

Jacek Tomczyk

doi:10.18778/1898-6773.65.08

Authors

Jacek Tomczyk Institute of Ecology and Bioethic, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Dewajtis 5, Warsaw, Poland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1898-6773.65.08

Keywords:

paradigm, taxonomy, hominids

Abstract

The thesis of the paper is that the paradigms espoused by scholars affect their taxonomic decisions, which points to a philosophical source of such controversies. The paradigms the author discusses as holding in anthropology, at various times, include: (1) the “fixity-of-species” paradigm, (2) the “Asian roots” paradigm, (3) the “encephalization” paradigm, and (4) the “mid-Tertiary” paradigm.

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