The dance of person and place : one interpretation of American Indian philosophy / Thomas M. Norton-Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norton-Smith, Thomas M., 1954-

Series:

SUNY series in living indigenous philosophies.

SUNY series in living indigenous philosophies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian philosophy--North America.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2010.

Summary:

Uses the concept of "worldmaking" to provide an introduction to American Indian philosophy.

Contents:

Common themes in American Indian philosophy

First introductions

Four common themes : a first look

Constructing an actual American Indian world

Nelson Goodman's constructivism

Setting the stage

Fact, fiction, and feeders

Ontological pluralism

True versions and well-made worlds

Nonlinguistic versions and the advancement of understanding

True versions and cultural bias

Constructive realism : variations on a theme by Goodman

An American Indian well-made actual world

Relatedness, native knowledge, and ultimate acceptability

Native knowledge and relatedness as a world-ordering principle

Native knowledge and truth

Native knowledge and verification

Native knowledge and ultimate acceptability

An expansive conception of persons

A western conception of persons

Native conceptions of animate beings and persons

An American Indian expansive conception of persons

The semantic potency of performance

Opening reflections and reminders about performances

Symbols and their performance

The Shawnee naming ceremony

Gifting as a world-constructing performance

Closing remarks about the semantic potency of performances

Circularity as a world-ordering principle

Goodman briefly revisited

Time, events, and history or space, place, and nature?

Circularity and sacred places

Closing remarks about circularity as a world-ordering principle

The dance of person and place

American Indian philosophy as a dance of person and place

Consequences, speculations, and closing reflections.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438431345

1438431341

OCLC:

794698969