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Native ScienceGregory Cajete

Native Science

1999286 pages
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"In Native Science, Gregory Cajete initiates the reader into a timeless tradition of understanding, experiencing, and feeling the natural world. He explores and documents the Indigenous view of reality--delving into art, myth, ceremony, and symbol, as well as the practice of Native science in the physical sphere. He examines the multiple levels of meaning that inform Native astronomy, cosmology, psychology, agriculture, and the healing arts." "Unlike the Western scientific method, Native thinking does not isolate an object or phenomenon in order to understand and work with it, but perceives…

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2 editions
  • Hardcover · English · 1999
    Clear Light Books · 315 pages · 9781574160352
  • Paperback · English · 1999
    Clear Light Books · 256 pages · 9781574160413
ScienceEthnoscienceIndiansIndian philosophyIndians--sciencePhilosophy and science--americaE59.s35 c35 2000508.997