Albinos do not die: Belief, philosophy and anthropology

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Autor(a) principal: Pina-Cabral, Joao
Data de Publicação: 2013
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/47877
Resumo: In Mozambique one is often told things about albinos that can hardly be interpreted at face value. These are not, properly speaking, fictionalised narratives of a connected series of events, but rather they are evidence of propositional attitudes pertaining to refer to statements of fact, that is, they are ‘beliefs. If these beliefs do not meet up with the test of disbelief, what then is the significance of both conveying and holding them. We take recourse to Donald Davidson’s theory of radical interpretation (1984, 2001) provides us with a novel way of looking at the role of ‘belief ’. In ethnographic accounts, thus overstepping many of the scepticist doubts that have haunted anthropological theory over the past decades. In this chapter, I focus in particular on the problem of the retention of belief: that is, the way in which all beliefs are dependent on other beliefs that constitute an environment surrounding them.
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spelling Albinos do not die: Belief, philosophy and anthropologyAlbinosMozambiqueRaceRacializationWhitenessEthnicityBeliefDonald DavidsonSocial Anthropologyradical interpretationskepticismretention of beliefIn Mozambique one is often told things about albinos that can hardly be interpreted at face value. These are not, properly speaking, fictionalised narratives of a connected series of events, but rather they are evidence of propositional attitudes pertaining to refer to statements of fact, that is, they are ‘beliefs. If these beliefs do not meet up with the test of disbelief, what then is the significance of both conveying and holding them. We take recourse to Donald Davidson’s theory of radical interpretation (1984, 2001) provides us with a novel way of looking at the role of ‘belief ’. In ethnographic accounts, thus overstepping many of the scepticist doubts that have haunted anthropological theory over the past decades. In this chapter, I focus in particular on the problem of the retention of belief: that is, the way in which all beliefs are dependent on other beliefs that constitute an environment surrounding them.Anthem PressRepositório da Universidade de LisboaPina-Cabral, Joao2021-05-14T14:35:32Z20132013-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/47877engCabral, J. P. (2013). Albinos do not die: Belief, philosophy and anthropology. In Ananta Kumar Giri and John Clammer (Eds.), Philosophy and Anthropology, 306-321. London: Anthem Press, 20139780857285126info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:49:21Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/47877Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:58:55.306103Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Albinos do not die: Belief, philosophy and anthropology
spellingShingle Albinos do not die: Belief, philosophy and anthropology
Pina-Cabral, Joao
Albinos
Mozambique
Race
Racialization
Whiteness
Ethnicity
Belief
Donald Davidson
Social Anthropology
radical interpretation
skepticism
retention of belief
title_short Albinos do not die: Belief, philosophy and anthropology
title_full Albinos do not die: Belief, philosophy and anthropology
title_fullStr Albinos do not die: Belief, philosophy and anthropology
title_full_unstemmed Albinos do not die: Belief, philosophy and anthropology
title_sort Albinos do not die: Belief, philosophy and anthropology
author Pina-Cabral, Joao
author_facet Pina-Cabral, Joao
author_role author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pina-Cabral, Joao
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Albinos
Mozambique
Race
Racialization
Whiteness
Ethnicity
Belief
Donald Davidson
Social Anthropology
radical interpretation
skepticism
retention of belief
topic Albinos
Mozambique
Race
Racialization
Whiteness
Ethnicity
Belief
Donald Davidson
Social Anthropology
radical interpretation
skepticism
retention of belief
description In Mozambique one is often told things about albinos that can hardly be interpreted at face value. These are not, properly speaking, fictionalised narratives of a connected series of events, but rather they are evidence of propositional attitudes pertaining to refer to statements of fact, that is, they are ‘beliefs. If these beliefs do not meet up with the test of disbelief, what then is the significance of both conveying and holding them. We take recourse to Donald Davidson’s theory of radical interpretation (1984, 2001) provides us with a novel way of looking at the role of ‘belief ’. In ethnographic accounts, thus overstepping many of the scepticist doubts that have haunted anthropological theory over the past decades. In this chapter, I focus in particular on the problem of the retention of belief: that is, the way in which all beliefs are dependent on other beliefs that constitute an environment surrounding them.
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