ANTH 410 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Adaptationism, Parallel Evolution
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Misplaced concreteness is the confusion between what is an actual physical reality and. Instead, how do real individuals respond to problems? respond, a. logically and unbiasedly to a problem, and b. Always come up with the best solution to said problem (whether it be based on the physical environment or social issues), it just doesn"t work since of course people don"t do these things. Braun"s argument. what is what braun terms an analytical construct", generally in the mode of confusing an analytical construct for something real". In other words it"s the reification of that which is not. Real", which for braun in anthropology is only the actual people which anthropology studies rather than the culture they embody, are enculturated in, and perpetuate. It also for braun leads to the aforementioned failures due to the wish to then treat the evolution of cultural traits like they are real" physically rather than not having any sort of physical reality.
