Indigenous knowledge : philosophical and educational considerations / Kai Horsthemke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horsthemke, Kai, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Education.

Indigenous peoples.

Traditional ecological knowledge.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 281 pages)

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2021]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover

Indigenous Knowledge

Indigenous Knowledge: Philosophical and Educational Consideration

Series Page

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Introduction

The Notion of Indigenous Knowledge

Chapter Outline

Note

Chapter 1

The Idea of Indigenous Knowledge

'Indigenous Knowledge'

Reclamation

Decolonization

Recognition and Acknowledgment

Legitimization and Validation

Protection

Critique and Condemnation of Western or Northern Epistemologies and Rationality

Notes

Chapter 2

Relational Epistemology and the Idea of Epistemological Diversity

'Blood Knowledge'

Different 'Ways of Knowing'

Epistemological Diversity

Knowledge, Epistemology, and Education

Conclusion

Chapter 3

An Analysis of Knowledge and Epistemology

The Classical Philosophical Definition of Knowledge

Cognitive and Educational Concepts

Knowledge and Belief

Primary and Secondary Sources of Knowledge

Evidence and Belief: The Central Role of Observation

Observation and Sensation (Or Sense Experience)

Evidence and Belief: The Importance of Testimony and Trustworthiness

Different Kinds of Reasoning: Going Beyond the Evidence

Explanation

Indoctrination and Rational Persuasion

Argument and Argumentation

Epistemic Internalism and Epistemic Externalism

Truth

Justification and Context

Knowledge, Context, and Epistemological Relativism

Skepticism

Epistemic Obligation

Epistemic Parentalism

Epistemological and Formal Access, and the Problem with Constructivism

Chapter 4

A Critique of Indigenous Knowledge

The Esprit Sorcier and the African Renaissance

Philosophy and Indigenous Knowledge

Imò and igbàgbó: The Yoruba Definition of Knowledge

"Truth as Opinion"

Making Sense of 'Epistemological Diversity'

Feminist Critiques of Epistemology and the Problem of Relativism Revisited

Indigenization and Islamization

The Value of Diversity for Knowledge

Educational Implications

Chapter 5

Ethnomathematics

Ethnomathematics versus Mainstream or Academic Mathematics

The Defense of Ethnomathematics

Truth and Knowledge

Mathematics, 'Social Interests' and the Problem of Relativism

Fundamental Difference and the 'Cultural Boundedness' of Mathematical Knowledge

Educational Challenges

Shifts in Definition and Direction, and the Dismissal of Critical Philosophical Engagement

Mathematics Education and Rights

Chapter 6

Indigenous Science

Native American Creationism versus Archaeology

'Knowledge Diversity', Truth and Context-Dependence: Postmodernist and Postcolonial Turns

Indigenous Science and the Problems of Superstition and Relativism

Chapter 7

Traditional Ecological (or Environmental) Knowledge

"We See Nature Differently and Speak to and About it Differently"

Indigenous Rights versus Animal Rights

"Where the Green Ants Dream"

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 09, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781793604170

1793604177

Publisher Number:

40030354791

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.