Cultural Relativism in Relation to Constraints on World View-An Ernie Perspective

Cultural Relativism in Relation to Constraints on World View-An Ernie Perspective

World views differ partly, but not completely. Goodman mentions, for philosophy, 'radical relativism under rigorous restraints' (1978). This relates to "emics" and an insider's view of his own culture. Here I use folktales, or other Mixtec (Mexico) texts, with comments on them by a native speaker, to show some kinds of contexts in which they are told: context of class of tale; context of slot in time or place or situation of its telling; context of its role as to why the tale is told in particular circumstances; and context in relation to cohesion of the tale content and usage with the general background of beliefs and social structure of the teller.