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Ethnophilosophy as a global development goal
MetaphilosophyAbstractThe ethnophilosophy debate in African philosophy has been primarily concerned with the nature and future direction of African philosophy, but this paper approaches the debate in search of lessons about philosophy in general. The paper shows how this ongoing debate has been obscured by varying understandings of “ethnophilosophy” and that a de ...
James Tartaglia
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The “ethnophilosophy” problem: How the idea of “social imaginaries” may remedy it
The Philosophical ForumAbstractThe work argues that engaging Africa's cultural and epistemic resources as social imaginaries, and not as metaphysical or ontological “essences,” could help practitioners of African philosophy overcome the cluster of shortcomings and undesirable features associated with “ethnophilosophy.” A number of points are outlined to buttress this claim ...
Donald Mark C Ude
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Bioethics in Africa: A contextually enlightened analysis of three cases
Developing World Bioethics, Volume 22, Issue 2, Page 112-122, June 2022., 2022 Abstract Across sub‐Saharan Africa, bioethics is an emerging field of scholarly inquiry, informed by contextual features distinct to the region. A cultural mix comprised of Euro‐American influences, indigenous traditions, Christian faiths and Muslim communities, a bioethics for the sub‐Saharan region must be responsive to this milieu.
Nancy S. Jecker, Caesar Atuire
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Ethnophilosophy as Decolonization: Revisiting the Question of African Philosophy
Philosophical Papers, 2023 Paul Irikefe
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Implications of Ubuntu/Synergy for the Education System of Ethiopia
Education Research International, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020., 2020 In most sub‐Saharan African states, education was carried out by missionaries, which resulted in the incursion of foreign language and/or culture. As one of the sub‐Saharan countries, Ethiopia has faced the same scenario apart from the changes accrued during regime changes. In line with these changes, the education philosophy, education policy, and its
Teshager Ali +2 more
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Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya, 2010 The meaning of the term “ethnophilosophy” has evolved in both a significant and controversial variety of ways since it was first introduced by Paulin Hountondji in 1970. It was first challenged by the Kenyan philosopher, H. Odera Oruka, as based upon Hountondji’s unfair appreciation of Africa’s indigenous cultural heritage. Barry Hallen and J.
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Thoughts on the structure of the history of Africana philosophy
The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 62, Issue S1, Page 17-37, September 2024.Abstract This article seeks to comment insightfully on the way things hang together as we try to chart the history of Africana philosophy. It does so through reflections on the History of Africana Philosophy podcast, part of Peter Adamson's larger series, the History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps.
Chike Jeffers
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American Ethnologist, Volume 51, Issue 1, Page 72-77, February 2024.Abstract This is a reflection on the relationship between ethnography (as practice and as product) and ethical life. I suggest that there are values internal to the practice of ethnography as fieldwork, as writing, and as reading, irrespective of the historically situated objects and values of ethnography external to it. I summarize my understanding of
Michael Lambek
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Chinese Music Through the Prism of Ethnophilosophy
Journal of Lifestyle and SDGs ReviewIntroduction: This article describes the basic aesthetic orientation and cultural characteristics of Chinese musical culture. It examines the origin of Chinese musical culture and the process of its development from a philosophical point of view, and presents the Chinese national philosophical thought embedded in Chinese musical culture in the context ...
Jia Mengtian +3 more
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Ethnophilosophy and Public Morality in an African Tribe
Open Journal of Philosophy, 2015 The paper is a field research work delving into the ethnophilosophy of Ogba religion. Its focal point is on the people’ worldview, as it pertains to life, public morality, value and Adamic sins in Ogba Land Rivers State, Nigeria. It posits that the natural or physical world is an extension of the supernatural or the spiritual and must be understood in ...
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