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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 4. Cultural relativism

10498	Classification is no longer held to be rooted in social institutions [Ellen]
	Full Idea: The view that all classification finds its roots in social institutions is now generally considered untenable.
	From: Roy Ellen (Anthropological Studies of Classification [1996], p.36)
	A reaction: And about time too. Ellen (an anthropologist) inevitably emphasises the complexity of the situation, but endorses the idea that people everywhere largely cut nature at the joints.