Origincentrism
Origincentrism is a bias or methodological stance that privileges origin—where a phenomenon originated—as the central determinant of meaning, explanation, or value. In practice, origincentrism involves interpreting events, artifacts, or identities primarily through their origins, origin stories, or early conditions, often at the expense of current dynamics, functions, or contingencies.
The term is used in discussions within philosophy of science, cognitive psychology, cultural studies, and science
In biology, an origin-centric view might emphasize ancestral conditions when explaining present traits, potentially downplaying contemporary
Critics argue that origincentrism can hinder understanding by neglecting contingency, adaptation, and emergent properties that arise
Origin myth, historical contingency, causal reasoning, narrative bias, essentialism.