Perspectival ontology: Between situated knowledge and multiculturalism

Michela Massimi

doi:10.1093/monist/onab032

Perspectival ontology: Between situated knowledge and multiculturalism

Michela Massimi

School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

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In this paper I give an overview of a perspectival realist ontology. I discuss the role of situated knowledge and multiculturalism in perspectival ontology and offer a working definition of ‘phenomena’ as the minimal unit of such ontological commitment. I clarify how the view (and underlying notion of scientific perspective) differs from Kuhn’s view, and highlight some of its implications for how to think of scientific knowledge as a multicultural and cosmopolitan inquiry.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	214–228
Journal	The Monist
Volume	105
Issue number	2
Early online date	9 Mar 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/monist/onab032
Publication status	Published - Apr 2022

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This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in The Monist following peer review. The version of: Michela Massimi, Perspectival Ontology: Between Situated Knowledge and Multiculturalism, The Monist, Volume 105, Issue 2, April 2022, 214–228 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/monist/onab032
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Perspectival Realism. Science, Knowledge, and Truth from a Human Vantage Point.
Massimi, M. (Principal Investigator)
EU government bodies
1/01/16 → 30/06/21
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