tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20836152.post622738758877150054..comments2024-02-17T00:17:30.916+13:00Comments on He Hōaka: Superstition, spiritualism, religion, philosophyKim McBreenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07472161630620747887noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20836152.post-31754344099319240562024-02-17T00:17:30.916+13:002024-02-17T00:17:30.916+13:00Hello nice postHello nice postSleek As A Snakehttps://sleek-as-a-snake.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20836152.post-30632364081094953242012-12-28T12:51:48.559+13:002012-12-28T12:51:48.559+13:00Instead of reiterating my views on this topic, I&#...Instead of reiterating my views on this topic, I'm going to post this article by Chomksy who we should remember as one of the greatest logicians of our time. On rationality and science he responds to some of the arguments brought up here, but it is part of a wider discussion that took place in America http://www.chomsky.info/articles/1995----02.htm<br /><br />GwilymAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20836152.post-965375317947286912012-10-06T13:42:50.081+13:002012-10-06T13:42:50.081+13:00Kia ora Kim,
I have a paper due out in the Procee...Kia ora Kim,<br /><br />I have a paper due out in the Proceedings of Nga Pae o te Maramatanga's conference this year that nods at some of the issues you talk about. My topic was innovation is discussed with respect to the so-called 'Maori economy' but there are parallels to your interpretation and concern of Western overbearance in research philosophies. <br /><br />First I'd have to point out that the 'West' is a marvellously fragmented and fractious construct! Western peoples have been challenegd by Eastern (to briefly dichotomise) thinking for hundreds of years and vice versa. And as for ecologists, I have found them generally more sympathetics in Indigenous approaches than any other science body, mainly through our acceptance of holistic life processes. (Many supposedly hard-core sciences dismiss ecology as not real science.)<br /><br />Second, as for Maori/Indigenous approaches, I've gained useful insight from the writings of German philosopher Paul Feyerebend. While we can accuse Pakeha of taking over in collaborative projects involving Māori, by accepting and using mātauranga and Kaupapa Māori – even superficially - Pākeha exhibit an essential modern skill: the skill and pragmatism to assimilate ‘all forms or aspects of social activity without exception’, to understand and apply, not only of one particular methodology but any methodology or variation (Feyerbend 'Against Method', 1975:10). We went from stone-age to musket-age in a relative blink.<br /><br />Third, the rational objectivity of science was always a myth (how does anyone 'get outside' of the universe for a 'proper' look?!). The outcome - rational market allocation of resources a la neoliberalism - is struggling under the weight of its inherent irrationality. The unfortunate repercussions are that Maori, Pasifika, and undoubtedly other marginalised communities will bear the brunt of this pain.<br /><br />Our matauranga is vital for localised responses. However, with planetary scale issues (environmental and social) I believe we are also angaged in the process of re-indigenising humanity...<br /><br />SJ Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08293891958415604780noreply@blogger.com