Abstract

HERRERA-SALAZAR, Gabriel. The Ethical-Mythical Core of Philosophy in Abya Yala. LiminaR [online]. 2020, vol.18, n.1, pp.82-96.  Epub May 15, 2020. ISSN 2007-8900.  https://doi.org/10.29043/liminar.v18i1.728.

This article explains from a philosophical basis the ontological foundation of the ethical-mythical heart of Mayan philosophy, showing that in their cultural diversity the world’s original peoples philosophize, interpret, and represent reality with diverse contextual particularities. We ground our approach based on the hypothesis that the cultural interpretation of the world arises from a critical approach to reality. Thus, all human groups begin by building their own “cultural universes” through mythical rationalization as an ontological totality. Thus the ethos that underlies the philosophy of the original peoples of Abya Yala has philosophical principles that date from before 1492.

Keywords : cultural philosophy; Mayan philosophy; ontology.

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