Are certain knowledge frameworks more congenial to the aims of cross-cultural philosophy?
In her essay, “Global Knowledge Frameworks and the Tasks of Cross-Cultural Philosophy,” Leigh Jenco proposes that certain knowledge frameworks may, in virtue of their accessibility to erstwhile outsiders, be more congenial to the aims of cross-cultural philosophy. Her co-symposiasts use Jenco’s essay to further the discussion on different aspects of this claim. Steve Fuller contests whether postcolonialism is the right lens through which cross-cultural encounters should be studied. David H. Kim suggests that an inclusive multifactorial account of frameworks relevant to cross-cultural philosophy may be more apt for the aims of this sub-discipline. Thaddeus Metz seeks to provide reason to doubt Jenco’s self-transformative conception, and also advance another, pluralist conception of knowledge. Miljana Milojevic reinterprets Jenco’s knowledge frameworks as different conceptualizations of knowledge used in attempts to justify the neglect of non-Western traditions.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords | African philosophy,cross-cultural inquiry,fallibilism,knowledge-frameworks,multiculturalism,non-western philosophy,postcolonialism,objectivism,self-transformation |
| Departments | Government |
| DOI | 10.2979/jourworlphil.2.2.05 |
| Date Deposited | 10 Jan 2018 09:49 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/86404 |