Beyond Deep Disagreement: A Path Towards Achieving Understanding Across a Cultural Divide

Social Epistemology 37 (5):656-665 (2023)
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Abstract

Achieving genuine engagement and understanding between communities with radically divergent worldviews is challenging. If there is no common ground on which to stand and have a discussion, the likely outcomes of an apparent intercultural disagreement are a stalemate, or the (sometimes colonialist) imposition of a single worldview, or a kind of relativistic tolerance that falls short of genuine engagement. In this paper, we suggest a way forward that takes as its starting point the philosophical discussion of deep disagreement, using the example of taniwha (powerful water beings that must be treated with respect) to outline a strategy for building intercultural understanding and enabling constructive intercultural dialogue.

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Justine Kingsbury
University of Waikato

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Taking taniwha seriously.Justine Kingsbury - 2022 - Asian Journal of Philosophy 1 (2):1-15.

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