Ripples and Rumbles: Everything You Need to Know About Knowing (at least for this series), featuring Sofia Ortiz-Hinojosa
For this first conversation in the second series of Ripples and Rumbles: Subverting Knowing, we thought we’d talk with someone who’s studied knowing closely, to get a handle on just what it is we are going to be talking about over the course of the series.
Sofía Ortiz-Hinojosa graduated with a PhD in philosophy from MIT and began teaching at Vassar College in 2016. She specializes in philosophy of psychology and psychopathology, epistemology, and Latin American Philosophy. She is the recipient of a Mellon New Directions Fellowship for 2023-2026 for her project entitled, “Mesoamerican Worldviews: How Indigenous Thought Influences Philosophy in Latin America.”
In talking with us about Ripples and Rumbles and how she could help us open it, Sofía offered so many interesting topics and ideas we thought about doing the whole series with her! How do we know what we know? Who decides that? How do we decide who decides? Is scientific knowledge “better” than spiritual or mystical knowledge? How can we disagree better? Why are so many mainstream scientists still dismissing Indigenous knowledge and what’s resulting from that? And much much more.
Please join us on July 25 at 3pm AT for this juicy conversation! There will be opportunity for participants to ask questions throughout.