Week Two (Jan 8th & Jan 10th): Readings and Assignments
Did the Aztecs Do Philosophy?
Required Readings:
Jan 8th (Monday): Miguel León Portilla: “Pre-Hispanic Thought” (1966) Download Miguel León Portilla: “Pre-Hispanic Thought” (1966)
Jan 10th (Wednesday): Susana Nuccetelli: “Native Folk Cosmologies Versus Western Philosophy and Science” (2002) Download Susana Nuccetelli: “Native Folk Cosmologies Versus Western Philosophy and Science” (2002)
Supplemental Readings
Alejandro Santana: "Did the Aztecs Do Philosophy?" (2008) Download Alejandro Santana: "Did the Aztecs Do Philosophy?" (2008)
James Maffie: "The Centrality of Nepantla in Conquest-Era Nahua Philosophy" (2007) Download James Maffie: "The Centrality of Nepantla in Conquest-Era Nahua Philosophy" (2007)
Assignments for the Week:
READING QUIZ: Susana Nuccetelli: “Native Folk Cosmologies Versus Western Philosophy and Science”
.PowerPoints Slides From Lecture:
Jan 8th (Monday): What is Nahuatl Philosophy? Download What is Nahuatl Philosophy?
Jan 10th (Wednesday): Did the Aztecs do Philosophy? Download Did the Aztecs do Philosophy?
Recorded Lectures:
Jan 8th (Monday): What is Nahuatl Philosophy? Links to an external site.
Jan 10th (Wednesday): Did the Aztecs do Philosophy? Links to an external site.