Boas argued that in order to understand "what is"—in cultural anthropology, the specific cultural traits (behaviors, beliefs, and symbols)—one had to examine them in their local context.
鲍亚士主张，为了理解“什么是”——在文化人类学，特定的文化特質（行为、信仰和符号）——學者必須在它们的当地脈絡中檢視它们。