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February 2022
Philosophy's Indo-Pacific origins
Synkrētic
is a new journal of philosophy on the Indo-Pacific, a superhighway of ideas as well as the hub of world trade and strategic competition.
Essays
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A.P. Elkin
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3,950 words
Leibniz and the Dreaming
As the iceberg is powered by its unseen mass, man and nature are sustained by the Dreaming.
Ferry Hidayat
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2,653 words
Indonesian philosophy
Our philosophers have been a bulwark against Western efforts to divide the Indonesian mind.
George Mombi
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2,706 words
On gutpela sindaun
While awaiting immortality, Melanesians strive to recreate their lost paradise here and now.
Daya Krishna
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3,878 words
The West’s goddess
The West puts mathematics and logic in the foreground, and forgets everything else.
Hu Shih
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3,211 words
Logic rectifies thought
Western methods can help recover the lost treasures of Chinese philosophy.
Byron Rangiwai
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2,748 words
The mystery of Io
While some Māori see Io as a colonial protrusion, others recite prayers to their Supreme God.
Emerita Quito
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3,982 words
Asian and Western minds
In the West, man is an individual, special and unique. In Asia, man is a speck in the universe.
Responses
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What is Filipino philosophy?
Daryl Mendoza
Abulad’s Kant
Rolando M. Gripaldo
Outgrowing Kant
Claro R. Ceniza
Transcending man
Florentino T. Timbreza
Filipino logic
Anne Quito
On Emerita Quito
Roque J. Ferriols
Plato’s Greek
Leonardo N. Mercado
The Filipino mind
Noel S. Pariñas
Filipino philosophy?
Stories
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David Unaipon
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3,818 words
How koalas lost their tails
The Great Spirit speaks through thunder. It is the colour of the bush, the birds, the streams.
Mary Rokonadravu
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3,321 words
Peter Abraham Stanhope
His hands lay limp on the table, as if resting from a dinner of baked chicken and potatoes.
Alex François et al.
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3,894 words
Lapérouse's seven lives
It’s not clear if we’ll ever find what Lapérouse hid up there. To this day we search in vain.
Georges Baudoux
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4,119 words
A cunning invasion
These men were white. A few came ashore on the beach and advanced on the Kanaks.
H.T. Whatahoro et al.
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3,463 words
Io of the hidden face
Without the help of the gods, man’s mind is now in a state of confusion, as are all his deeds.
Nei Tearia et al.
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865 words
The forbidden tree
Choose, ye fools, between the two Trees, and I will take away the Tree that ye choose not.
Notes
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Anshi Zhou
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302 words
On learning to forgive
When we were not at peace, we were afflicted by thorns, and even ants seemed like obstacles.
Voltaire
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742 words
Pythagoras in India
Pythagoras shuddered as he realised how many causes of suffering await all creatures.
Stephen Muecke
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1,600 words
Interview: David Unaipon
People don’t have mastery over Country. It guides them. So, Country is philosophising as well.
Issue 3
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September 2022
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