Indigenous Epistemology

PHIL

258

Indigenous Epistemology

Exploration of Indigenous ways of knowing, with a focus on how these knowledge systems inform and intersect with contemporary problems facing the world today, e.g., climate change, biodiversity loss, and overconsumption. We will delve into the rich, place-based epistemologies of various Indigenous communities, examining how their worldviews, practices, and values offer unique perspectives on environmental stewardship, sustainability, and resilience. By emphasizing holistic and relational thinking, Indigenous epistemologies challenge Western, reductionist approaches to science and ecology while also answering calls to pluralism that have been voiced by Western philosophers of science for decades.

Undergraduate

Yes