Intro
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
References
Part I: Conversations on Mind, Body and Consciousness
Chapter 2: Gyekye and Contemporary Idealism
2.1 Gyekye's Metaphilosophy
2.2 Soulless Materialism
2.3 Traditional Akan Philosophy and Contemporary Idealism
References
Chapter 3: A Central State Materialistic Interpretation of the Yoruba Concept of Person: A Critique
3.1 Central State Materialism
3.2 Yoruba Concept of Person
3.3 Cartesian Dualism
3.4 A Critique of Central State Materialism
3.5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 4: Between Sense-Phenomenalism, Equi-phenomenalism, Quasi-physicalism, and Proto-panpsychism
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Sense-Phenomenalism and Equi-phenomenalism
4.3 Quasi-physicalism
4.4 Proto-panpsychism
4.5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 5: An Alternative Response to the Knowledge Argument
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The Knowledge Argument
5.3 The Ability Hypothesis
5.4 Interpretation of the Akan Concept of Mind
5.5 A Novel Alternative Response to the Knowledge Argument
5.6 The Epistemological Argument: Lewis and Snowdon
5.7 The Metaphysical Argument - Lewis and Wiredu
5.8 A Concluding Synthesis of the Two Arguments
References
Chapter 6: Epistemological Implications of Chimakonam's Theory of Sense-Phenomenalism
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Sense-Phenomenalism: A Critical Overview
6.3 Epistemology, Sense-Phenomenalism and Personal Identity
6.4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 7: Traditional African Philosophy of Mind and World: Facilitating a Dialogue
7.1 Introduction
7.2 An African Traditional Approach to Human Spirituality: Not a Dualism
7.3 Tempels' Bantu Philosophy: Categories of Mind and World
7.4 Modernity, Science, and the Problem of Objectivity
7.5 Contemporary European Thought on 'the Subject'.

7.6 Lonergan and Self-Appropriation: Framing a Dialogue
7.7 Philosophy of Mind and World: Shifting the Questions
References
Part II: Conversations on Africa and Some Major Themes of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Chapter 8: Transhumanism, Singularity and the Meaning of Life: An Afrofuturist Perspective
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Transhumanism and the Singularity
8.3 Meaning of Life: Western and African Philosophical Perspectives
8.4 Transhumanism, Singularity and the Meaning of Life
8.5 The Philosophy of Afrofuturism
8.6 An Afrofuturist Perspective on Transhumanism, Singularity and Meaning of Life
8.7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 9: Transhumanism, Immortality and the Question of Life's Meaning
9.1 Introduction
9.2 The Nature and Scope of Transhumanism
9.3 Some Implications of Transhumanist Future
9.4 Transhumanism and the Question of Life's Meaning: An African Perspective
9.4.1 Examining the View
9.5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 10: African Reasons Why Artificial Intelligence Should Not Maximize Utility
10.1 Introducing the Question of How to Programme Artificially Intelligent Automated Systems
10.2 Utilitarianism in the Context of AI
10.3 Human Dignity and AI
10.4 Group Rights and AI
10.5 Family First and AI
10.6 Self-Sacrifice and AI
10.7 Conclusion: From Utilitarianism to Kantianism
References
Chapter 11: Can AI Attain Personhood in African Thought?
11.1 Introduction
11.2 The Nature of Personhood in African Thought
11.2.1 What Then Is Afro-Communitarian Personhood?
11.3 AI and Personhood
11.3.1 Robotic/AI Personhood Vis-à-Vis Afro-Communitarian Personhood
11.3.2 Why Robots Cannot Attain Personhood in African Thought
11.4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 12: Artificial Intelligence and African Conceptions of Personhood.

12.1 Introduction
12.2 Artificial Intelligence Research
12.3 Personhood Generally
12.4 AI and Western Threshold Conceptions of Personhood
12.5 African Minimal Accounts of Personhood
12.5.1 The Purpose of Minimal Accounts
12.5.2 Anthropocentrism in Principle
12.5.3 Anthropocentrism in Practice
12.6 AI and African Minimal Accounts
12.6.1 AI as Subjects of Communal Relationships
12.6.2 AI as Objects of Communal Relationships
12.7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 13: Applying a Principle of Explicability to AI Research in Africa: Should We Do It?
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Context-Setting: AI and AI in Africa
13.3 Guidelines for Good AI and the Principle of Explicability
13.4 Towards Ethical AI in and for Africa
13.5 The Importance of the Principle of Explicability
13.6 Are There Reasons Not to Apply the Principle in Africa?
13.7 Closing Thoughts on Who Is Accountable for How a Decision-Making System Works
References.