ANTH10001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Body Language, Moral Relativism, Ethnic Group

• School: University of Melbourne
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH10001
• Professor: Andrew Dawson

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Levy-bruhl: western standards of logic and scientism accord with reality. We may apply them and conclude that these other ways of life are inferior. Thus it is appropriate for anthropology to evaluate other cultures (to prove that the. Evans-pritchard: western standards of logic and science accord with reality. However, the apparently non-logical worldviews of others work for them. The point of anthropology is to understand how they persist. Anthropology is not a science of evaluation, but of understanding. Winch: reality if a function of language. Winch"s position is relativistic (cultures can only be understood in their own terms) On grounds that individual rights trump cultural rights. On grounds that humans have the capacity to change. Learning the language is necessary, as reality reveals itself through language. Not only will you be able to communicate but also learn their reality from their perspective.