ABSTRACT

This paper responds to an earlier one about mātauranga Māori by Dan Hikuroa [2017 Hikuroa D. 2017. Mātauranga Māori—the ūkaipō of knowledge in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 47(1):5–10. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2016.1252407[Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]. Mātauranga Māori—the ūkaipō of knowledge in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 47(1):5–10], in a spirit of koha (contribution) towards keeping alive this important discussion about the relationship between science and Māori knowledge. Mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) has been discussed for many years in the fields of Education and Māori Studies, and more recently has been taken seriously as a policy issue by the science establishment in Aotearoa New Zealand. I argue against equating mātauranga Māori with science, since I think it is better conceived as a form of philosophy of science, rather than as a form of ‘science’ itself. This approach possibly allows ideas from mātauranga Māori to inform science at a values level, below the level of the empirical knowledge base, without needing to claim that mātauranga Māori is the same as science or uses scientific methods.

摘要

本文是对 Dan Hikuroa [ 2017 年 Hikuroa D. 2017 年。Mātauranga Māori——新西兰知识的 ūkaipō。新西兰皇家学会杂志。47(1): 5 – 10。doi：https://doi.org/10.1080/03036758.2016.1252407 [Taylor & Francis Online]、[Web of Science®]  、[Google Scholar]. Mātauranga Māori——新西兰知识的 ūkaipō。新西兰皇家学会杂志。47(1):5-10]，本着 koha（贡献）的精神，保持关于科学与毛利知识之间关系的重要讨论。Mātauranga Māori（毛利知识）在教育和毛利研究领域已经讨论多年，最近被新西兰奥特阿罗亚的科学机构认真视为一个政策问题。我反对将 mātauranga Māori 等同于科学，因为我认为将其视为一种科学哲学形式而不是“科学”本身的一种形式更好。这种方法可能允许来自 mātauranga Māori 的想法在价值层面上为科学提供信息，低于经验知识基础的层面，