Why I Left Academia: Philosophys Homogeneity Needs Rethinking - By Eugene Park, Hippo Reads contributor Philosophy is predominantly white and predominantly male. This homogeneity exists in almost all aspects and at all levels of the discipline. The philosophical canon, especially in so-called analytic departments, consists almost exclusively of dead, white men. The majority of living philosophers -- i.e., professors, graduate students, and undergraduate majors -- are also white men. For instance, the subfield of philosophy of mind does not typically engage at all with Indian, East Asian, African, or Native American ideas about the nature of mind. Its as if non-Western thinkers had nothing to say about the matter. Similarly, those who work in the history of philosophy work almost exclusively on the history of Western philosophy -- e.g., Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Russell, Wittgenstein, etc. So why dont Anglo-American philosophers engage with non-Western philosophical traditions? In my experience, professional philosophers today often perceive non-Western thinkers as inferior. Of course, few would say this explicitly. for more huffingtonpost/hippo-reads/why-i-left-academia_b_5735320.html
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 01:33:02 +0000
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