Method, Substance, and the Future of African Philosophy / edited by Edwin E. Etieyibo.
Etieyibo, Edwin E., editor.
2018
B5000-5289.2
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Title
Method, Substance, and the Future of African Philosophy / edited by Edwin E. Etieyibo.
ISBN
9783319702261
3319702262
9783319702254
3319702254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70226-1
Published
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (XVII, 365 pages 2 illustrations) : online resource
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10.1007/978-3-319-70226-1 doi
9783319702254
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B5000-5289.2
Dewey Decimal Classification
199.6
Summary
This book takes stock of the strides made to date in African philosophy. Authors focus on four important aspects of African philosophy: the history, methodological debates, substantive issues in the field, and direction for the future. By collating this anthology, Edwin E. Etieyibo excavates both current and primordial knowledge in African philosophy, enhancing the development of this growing field.
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1 Introduction
Part I African Philosophy and History
2 African Philosophy in History, Context and Contemporary Times
3 The Journey of African Philosophy
4 History of Philosophy as a Problem: Our Case
5 The State of African Philosophy in Africa
Part II Method in African Philosophy
6 Questions of Method and Substance and the Growth of African Philosophy
7 Between the Ontology and Logic Criteria of African Philosophy
8 The "Demise" of Philosophical Universalism and the Rise of Conversational Thinking in Contemporary African Philosophy
9 Is, Ought and All: In Defense of a Method
Part III Substance of African Philosophy
10 An Examination of Menkiti's Conception of Personhood and Gyekye's Critique
11 Justification of Moral Norms in African Philosophy
12 The Importance of an African Social Epistemology to Improve Public Health and Increase Life Expectancy in Africa
13 The Question of Rationality in Kwasi Wiredu's Consensual Democracy
14 How to Ground Animal Rights on African Values: A Constructive Approach
Part IV African Philosophy and Its Future
15 Philosophy and the State in Africa
16 Jéan-Paul Sartre and the Agenda of an Africanist Philosophy of Liberation
17 The Shaping of the Future of African Philosophy.

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