“Immediacy of Experience Principle” from the Pirahã tribe as a possible universal basis for epistemology
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Pirahã, the immediacy of experience principle, epistemology, levels of abstraction, ethnophilosophyAbstract
Daniel Everett’s extensive description of the Pirahã tribe allows us to relate the immediacy of experience principle guiding the behavior of its members to a broader epistemological context. In the article, in addition to presenting the principle of the immediacy of experience itself, I argue that it ultimately forms the basis of any epistemology – though it influences subsequent epistemological solutions to varying degrees. The paper also presents the important need to elaborate “levels of abstraction,” which would allow for further research in terms of at least the actual existence of the designations of given so-called abstract concepts.
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