Philosophy, Matauranga Maori, and the Meaning of NZ Biculturalism

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Philosophy, Matauranga Maori, and the Meaning of NZ Biculturalism

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New Zealand has scarcely taken the first step towards genuinely bicultural dialogue, because no-one has indicated clearly what that first step must be. Four general questions for NZ are introduced which broaden out into a search for definition of the needed first step. (1) Does philosophy’s ‘Enlightenment ideal’ demarcate fairly, accurately and exhaustively what is genuine intellectual accomplishment by humans? (2) Was NZ’s most famous philosopher, Karl Popper, correct to compare ‘tribal’ con...

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Research paper

Research format

Conference paper

Date created

2008

Creator

Catton, P.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5777

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New Zealand / biculturalism / Maori / Pakeha / philosophy / Enlightenment values / Popper / science / Matauranga Maori / Language, Communication and Culture / Other Language, Communication and Culture / Philosophy and Religious Studies / Philosophy

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