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.