Not One World But Many: The Philosophy of the Pluriverse
Escobar and others argue for a pluriverse: many worlds coexist. You'll work through ontological pluralism and perspectivism and ask what it means for climate and decolonization.
Steps
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- Reading· ~11 min
Viveiros de Castro, Multinaturalism, and the Ontological Turn
The most philosophically radical move in contemporary anthropology, and why it matters for how we think about knowledge, nature, and culture.
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- Reading· ~9 min
Political Stakes: Who Gets to Define Reality?
Why ontological pluralism is not just an academic position, it has direct consequences for indigenous rights, environmental law, and the politics of knowledge.
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- Text Explore· ~8 min
Viveiros de Castro and the Pluriverse
Examine the core claims of ontological pluralism and Amerindian perspectivism.
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- Argument Map· ~10 min
One World or Many?
Map the philosophical arguments for ontological pluralism, the objections, and the political stakes.
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- Dialogue· ~10 min
Dialogue: Does Ontological Pluralism Collapse into Relativism?
The hardest challenge to pluriverse philosophy, and whether it can answer without abandoning its best insights.
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- Reflection· ~8 min
Reflection: Your Own Ontology
The pluriverse philosophy invites you to notice the ontology you carry without knowing it.
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