Albinos do not die: Belief, philosophy and anthropology
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Data de Publicação: | 2013 |
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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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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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Albinos do not die: Belief, philosophy and anthropology |
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Albinos do not die: Belief, philosophy and anthropology |
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Albinos do not die: Belief, philosophy and anthropology |
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Albinos do not die: Belief, philosophy and anthropology |
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Albinos do not die: Belief, philosophy and anthropology |
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Pina-Cabral, Joao |
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Pina-Cabral, Joao |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Pina-Cabral, Joao |
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Albinos Mozambique Race Racialization Whiteness Ethnicity Belief Donald Davidson Social Anthropology radical interpretation skepticism retention of belief |
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Albinos Mozambique Race Racialization Whiteness Ethnicity Belief Donald Davidson Social Anthropology radical interpretation skepticism retention of belief |
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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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