Cross-Cultural Philosophy

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Doing philosophy cross-culturally raises a number of puzzling questions about the compatibility and commensurability of different conceptual schemes, how culturally-laden our thinking is, and the aims and appropriate methods of interpretation across linguistic and cultural boundaries. It also raises difficult questions about what the goals of cross-cultural philosophy should be in light of those difficulties. We will explore these questions in different ways within the two main sections of this course. In the first, we will directly address questions of methodology in cross-cultural philosophy. In the second, we will put that methodological understanding to use in reading and developing work in cross-cultural philosophy. Together, this should teach you how to responsibly and rigorously navigate the inherent difficulties of doing philosophy in a cross-cultural manner. 002203