Divergences and Convergences of Perspective: Amerindian Perspectivism, Phenomenology, and Speculative Realism
Open Philosophy January 1, 2022 Ignas Šatkauskas 1 citation
Viveiros de Castro's concept of comparison as ontology defines the ontological turn in anthropology, requiring philosophy to adopt a comparative strategy. Morten Pedersen interprets this turn as fulfilling an anthropological version of Husserl's phenomenological method, drawing phenomenology into dialogue with its critique by Speculative Realism. Amerindian perspectivism necessitates reconceptualizing perspective as a challenge to established discourses, particularly Kantian perspectivism and its offspring. It proposes cosmological deictics that hold a spatiality of the other's perspective, opposing Kant's system. Phenomenology, as a Kantian offspring, faces a predicament intertwined with the critique of correlationism from Speculative Realisms, but its synthetic character allows flexibility to traverse these charges. The article draws a comparative picture of dynamic co-evolution of recent thought, striving for a synthetic multiplicity permeated by a common perspectival thread.