How Long to Read The Dance of Person and Place

How Long Does it Take to Read The Dance of Person and Place?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 12 minutes to read The Dance of Person and Place by Thomas M. Norton-Smith

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Uses the concept of "worldmaking" to provide an introduction to American Indian philosophy. Ever since first contact with Europeans, American Indian stories about how the world is have been regarded as interesting objects of study, but also as childish and savage, philosophically curious and ethically monstrous. Using the writings of early ethnographers and cultural anthropologists, early narratives told or written by Indians, and scholarly work by contemporary Native writers and philosophers, Shawnee philosopher Thomas Norton-Smith develops a rational reconstruction of American Indian philosophy as a dance of person and place. He views Native philosophy through the lens of a culturally sophisticated constructivism grounded in the work of contemporary American analytic philosopher Nelson Goodman, in which stories (or “world versions”) satisfying certain criteria construct actual worlds—words make worlds. Ultimately, Norton-Smith argues that the Native stories construct real worlds as robustly as their Western counterparts, and, in so doing, he helps to bridge the chasm between Western and American Indian philosophical traditions. Thomas M. Norton-Smith is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Kent State University Stark.

How long is The Dance of Person and Place?

The Dance of Person and Place by Thomas M. Norton-Smith is 187 pages long, and a total of 48,059 words.

This makes it 63% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Dance of Person and Place Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 22 minutes to read The Dance of Person and Place aloud.

What Reading Level is The Dance of Person and Place?

The Dance of Person and Place is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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