Conversational Thinking as A New Methodological Option forAfrican Philosophy
In response to the question about what the most attractive method for African philosophy is, we consider conversational thinking as an alternative to pre-existing methods in African philosophy, especially in contemporary times.
Aribiah D. ATTOE +1 more
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On the System of Conversational Thinking: An Overview
As more researchers are either discussing the approach of Conversational Thinking or deploying it in their work, one question persists; what is the nature of Conversational Thinking?
Jonathan O Chimakonam
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Conversational Thinking as an Alternative Theory of Development
Conversational theory of development (CTD) is presented in this work as a new and alternative theory of development and as a mechanism for moderating and reconciling the differences and weaknesses in the modernization theory of development and in the ...
Enyimba Maduka
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Conversational Thinking, Logic, and the Making of Meaning
Conversational thinking has emerged in recent years out of the scholarly philosophical work centered in Calabar Nigeria and spread throughout Africa and elsewhere.
Bruce Janz
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Exploring magical thinking in the context of pain [PDF]
This perspectives article explores magical thinking (which is often dismissed as irrational or pathologized) as a potentially valuable personal orientation and resource for people living with chronic pain: as a way to make more sense of their complex and
Birgit Heckemann +3 more
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A critical narrative synthesis of psychological correlates, measurement, and reported findings on conversational AI engagement and dependence-related constructs [PDF]
Conversational AI systems are used for task support, cognitive offloading, companionship, self-disclosure, and mood regulation. Research on these uses is distributed across trust, reliance, attachment, companionship, problematic use, and dependence ...
Deyu Yan
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Applying Conversational Thinking to the Problem of Xenophobia in Multicultural Societies
Multicultural societies are faced with the problem of xenophobia – the fear, dislike, and discrimination against strangers. Xenophobia has its root in the ontology of ‘the self’ and ‘the other’, where ‘the self’” is ‘the indigenes’ and ‘the other,’ ‘the strangers’, who must be denied the privileges and rights of the indigenes and the opportunity to ...
L Uchenna Ogbonnaya
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Decolonising Method in the Age of Transdisciplinarity: A Case for Conversational Thinking
I will respond to two queries in this work. The first bothers on the possibility of having a single space in a transdisciplinary discourse. What will scholarship look like when we all come from our various vantage points? The second issue is a corollary of the first; will transcendence of disciplines be another ploy of coloniality to create a special ...
Isaiah Aduojo Negedu
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Dialogues in Play: Conversational AI and Early Mathematical Thinking
As conversational artificial intelligence (CAI), including smart speakers, social robots, and dialogic learning apps, becomes increasingly present in children’s lives, its potential to support early mathematical thinking warrants closer attention.
Shaoru Annie Zeng
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An Application of Conversational Thinking to the Problem of Racial Discrimination in South Africa
The problem of racial discrimination in South Africa speaks to the question of who is to be included and excluded from South African society. South African society before the advent of democracy structurally and politically was built on exclusionary ...
Diana Ekor Ofana
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