Linhart, Jan. Science and the Other : An Inquiry into the Geopolitics of Knowledge, Potiguara Ontology and the Hard Problem of Modern Science / [electronic resource] : / by Jan Linhart.. — 1st ed. 2026.. — XI, 474 p. 12 illus., 8 illus. in color. : online resource. — (Schriften zu Leben und Gesellschaft - Series on Life and Society,) 2 3005-091X ;. - Schriften zu Leben und Gesellschaft - Series on Life and Society, 2 .

1. Introduction -- Part I: Scientific Universalism -- 2. What is Scientific Universalism? -- 3. The Metaphysics of Universalism -- 4. The Geopolitics of Scientific Universalism -- 5. The Scientific Construction of the Other -- Part II: The Potiguara -- 6. On Method -- 7. Research in Action -- 8. Changing Potiguara Worlds -- 9. Contemporary Potiguara Ritual and Cosmovision -- 10. Potiguara Ontology -- Part III: The Hard Problem of Modern Science -- 11. The Hard Problem of Consciousness -- 12. What Quantum Physics may Tell Us about Mind and Matter -- 13. A Potiguara Perspective on Quantum Physics? -- 14. Conclusion and Outlook.

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Анотація:
Modern science has given us the superpowers that have brought about the 'Anthropocene', but unfortunately not the wisdom to face its existential challenges. We cannot afford to dismiss potentially useful knowledge on mere ideological grounds without due assessment. Science and the Other is an in-depth exploration of what hinders us from engaging in cross-fertilising pluriversal dialogue. The book examines how scientific universalism naturalises the exploitation of both human and non-human nature. Other(-ed) knowledge practices are marginalised and excluded from scientific discourse on the presumption that they are incompatible with scientific evidence. However, an in-depth comparative analysis of the marginalised views and practices of the Brazilian Potiguara nation shows that their cosmology is not contradicted by scientific evidence, and hence a constructive dialogue should be possible. Furthermore, the use of radically different metaphors paints a different picture of 'reality', allowing onto-epistemic shifts and opening up new horizons towards alternative futures beyond the scope of modern/colonial metaphysics. This is an open access book.

ISBN: 9783032039279

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-032-03927-9 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Law--Philosophy.
Ontology.
Philosophical anthropology.
Philosophy of Law.
Ontology.
Philosophical Anthropology.

LC Class. No.: K201-487

Dewey Class. No.: 340.1