The Engines of Worlding Systems

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  • 世界生成のシステムのエンジン
  • 世界生成のシステムのエンジン : イヌイトと近代の存在論の比較からみる存在論の機能
  • セカイ セイセイ ノ システム ノ エンジン : イヌイト ト キンダイ ノ ソンザイロン ノ ヒカク カラ ミル ソンザイロン ノ キノウ
  • An Inquiry into the Functions of Ontology from a Comparative Analysis of Inuit and Modern Ontologies
  • イヌイトと近代の存在論の比較からみる存在論の機能

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<p>This paper explores the potential of an anthropological perspective in which modern and indigenous ontologies are symmetrically understood under the conditions of the actual world where human and non-human activities are inseparably entangled. For this purpose, I compare the ontology of the Inuit with the modern dualistic ontology, scrutinizing how each works in people's everyday activities and contributes to the continuous generation and maintenance of their life-world composed of humans and non-humans. Based on this analysis, I demonstrate that ontology is indispensable to human beings, not because it delivers a genuine account of how the world really works but because it functions as the engine of the worlding systems through the cyclic operation of which people's life-worlds are multifariously generated. Then, I propose that anthropological studies should devote effort to elucidate how diverse ontologies function as the engines of various worlding systems and explore the potential of multiple worlds generated thereby.</p>

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