Hva er urfolksfilosofi? Om ulike sammenhenger mellom kultur, filosofi og politikk

av Nils Oskal

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Nils Oskal

Professor, Samisk høgskole,

E-post: nils.oskal@samiskhs.no

Nils Oskal is professor of philosophy at Sami University College. His areas of research are philosophy of culture, social and political philosophy. He has written about the legal history of reindeer herding in Finnmark, and the evaluative concepts used internally among the reindeer herding Samis in characterizing of social relations in pastoral nomadic practices. He has published articles on political liberalism, indigenous rights (land rights and political self-determination) and political public sphere.

English abstract

What is indigenous Philosophy?

What is the place of worldviews in general and indigenous philosophy in particular in legal-political discussions on the regulation of the relationship between states and indigenous peoples? Canadian aboriginal philosopher Dale Turner provides the starting-point for the discussion of this issue. Turner takes a restrictive view of the use of arguments based on worldviews understood as indigenous spirituality and indigenous philosophy in the public use of reason. According to Turner, it is difficult to translate such arguments, based on worldviews, but they must be incorporated somehow in the public political debate. Turner’s position is examined, based on John Rawls’ and Jürgen Habermas’ thoughts on public use of reason in the political community. The article concludes with a discussion of Turner’s delimitation of philosophy and metaphysics.

Keywords: Indigenous peoples, Indigenous philosophy, Spirituality, Public use of reason