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>All anthropological work about contemporary society seeks to inform public opinion which dictates policy. I'm specifically asking about the goal of informing

by feet 4y ago

>All anthropological work about contemporary society seeks to inform public opinion which dictates policy. I'm specifically asking about the goal of informing public opinion and dictating policy which is a wildly different goal than just 'sharing their findings'. Here is your claim: >Theoretical physics does not aim to influence social policy. 'aim to influence social policy' is an extremely specific goal that you're prescribing to all anthropology of modern society, I'm asking you to back up that claim

willis936 4y ago
I said "which", not "and". Public opinion is inherently tied to publishing findings. Their goal is to publish their findings, which informs public opinion, which dictates policy. You're claiming that I claimed that the authors prescribed policy, which I clearly did not.
- feet 4y ago
  No, I'm refuting your claim about anthropology in general having an 'aim to influence public policy'. Public policy is not the focus of anthropology, where did you get that idea? Anthropology is not political science You used very specific words that mean very specific things. 'Aim to influence' means that the goal is literally to influence public policy. That's not what the study of anthropology is about. >Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species.[1][2][3] Social anthropology studies patterns of behaviour, while cultural anthropology[1][2][3] studies cultural meaning, including norms and values. Anthropologists generally try not to interfere with the society they're studying, they don't want to impact the system because they are just there to record. Not to change. Of course there will be some activists in many fields but that is not the goal in anthropology. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropology https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropology

by feet 4y ago

willis936 4y ago

I said "which", not "and". Public opinion is inherently tied to publishing findings. Their goal is to publish their findings, which informs public opinion, which dictates policy. You're claiming that I claimed that the authors prescribed policy, which I clearly did not.

feet 4y ago
No, I'm refuting your claim about anthropology in general having an 'aim to influence public policy'. Public policy is not the focus of anthropology, where did you get that idea? Anthropology is not political science You used very specific words that mean very specific things. 'Aim to influence' means that the goal is literally to influence public policy. That's not what the study of anthropology is about. >Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species.[1][2][3] Social anthropology studies patterns of behaviour, while cultural anthropology[1][2][3] studies cultural meaning, including norms and values. Anthropologists generally try not to interfere with the society they're studying, they don't want to impact the system because they are just there to record. Not to change. Of course there will be some activists in many fields but that is not the goal in anthropology. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropology https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropology