Practising "Dissentient Philosophical Counselling" Underpinned by African Conversationalism and Pyrrhonian Scepticism: Provisional Theory and Practice [PDF]
Method in philosophical counselling is still a contentious topic. That is, there is no consensus on whether the philosophical counsellor should have a method in her practice to help the counsellee resolve philosophical problems.
Louw, Jaco
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Listening-Through-Conversation(alism): Navigating as Porous Listening Bodies (In)Between Meaningful Silences [PDF]
The interplay between listening and questioning, and its implications for philosophising, has been grappled with only in passing. Although listening and questioning are often cast as mutually exclusive, preserving the tension between them remains crucial
Jaco LOUW
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Moral Intheses:Towards Conversational Ethics
In search of a moral frame of reference that seeks to bypass the challenges of binary moral principles, I argue for a conversational ethical framework that de-emphasizes the negative borders of a relativistic-absolutist conception of morality in favour ...
Ben, Patrick; id_orcid
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Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright +8 more
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Innocent Onyewuenyi’s “Philosophical re-appraisal of the African belief in reincarnation”: A conversational study [PDF]
Reincarnation has received substantial treatment in African philosophy. The dominant view of African scholars and researchers on the subject is that it is a belief that prevails in African culture. The task of this paper is to revisit Innocent Onyewuenyi’
Edet, Mesembe Ita
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An essay concerning the foundational myth of ethnophilosophy [PDF]
Ethnophilosophy, although glorified by some African philosophers, remains a problem in our undertakings in African philosophy. In its infancy, the problem revolved around the call for a total decolonization of African thought and philosophy, which ...
Attoe, Aribiah David
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ملامح الحوارية في قصص ( وفاة الرجل الميت ) للسعيد بوطاجين [PDF]
مقالما يزال فن القصة جنسا أدبيا بكرا ، لم يَنَلْ حظه من الدراسة العلمية المستفيضة التي تستبطن بنيته ، وتقف عند جمالياته وخصائصه ، في الوقت الذي يحظى فيه الشعر والرواية بجل اهتمام الدراسين ، لذلك أسعى في هذه الدراسة أن أنقل بعضا من مناهج الدراسة السردية ...
بوضياف, غنية
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Is deep ecology inapplicable in African context: a conversation with Fainos Mangena [PDF]
In 2015, Fainos Mangena published an essay entitled “How Applicable is the Idea of Deep Ecology in the African Context?” where he presented a number of arguments to support his thesis that deep ecology as discussed in the West has no place in the African
Diana-Abasi Ibanga, Ibanga, Diana-Abasi
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Objective To evaluate utility of an artificial intelligence (AI) health coach for systemic sclerosis (SSc) self‐management and identify patterns associated with participant engagement. Methods We conducted a mixed methods study in which an AI health coach, powered by a large language model (LLM), was used to support self‐management for SSc.
Nirali Shah +4 more
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Multimodal Human–Robot Interaction Using Human Pose Estimation and Local Large Language Models
A multimodal human–robot interaction framework integrates human pose estimation (HPE) and a large language model (LLM) for gesture‐ and voice‐based robot control. Speech‐to‐text (STT) enables voice command interpretation, while a safety‐aware arbitration mechanism prioritizes gesture input for rapid intervention.
Nasiru Aboki +2 more
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