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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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Yorùbá Philosophy and Contemporary Nigerian Realities
Yoruba Studies Review, 2021 Beginning from Marx’s understanding of the relationship between philosophy and reality, this Introduction to the special edition of the Yoruba Studies Review explores the inevitable but complex relationship that exists between philosophy and its place ...
Adeshina Afolayan
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REPRESENTATION OF THE MEMORIAL CULTURE IN CHECHEN PAINTING (2000-2012)
Russian Studies in Culture and Society, 2023 The object of the research is the memorial culture in Chechen painting, the subject being its representation in the works of Chechen artists. The purpose of the study is to consider the representation of the phenomenon of memorial memory in the work of ...
Nasrudi U. Yarychev +1 more
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The Hermeneutical Task of Postcolonial African Philosophy: Construction and Deconstruction
PanAfrican Journal of Governance and Development, 2021 Meta philosophical issues surround the topic of African philosophy. What should be counted as African philosophy, and what makes African philosophy so notable has long been a matter of reflection by African and African descended thinkers?
Yohannes Eshetu Mamuye
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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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The problem of understanding and interpretation of African philosophy
RUDN Journal of Philosophy, 2020 This article is devoted to the problem of interpretation and understanding of African philosophy as a phenomenon of intercultural communication. It is a question of the presence of stereotypes in perception and assessments of African philosophy: from the
Ejike Sam-Festus Chukwujekwu
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Ethnophilosophy as Decolonization: Revisiting the Question of African Philosophy
Philosophical Papers, 2023 Paul O Irikefe
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Conversational Thinking as A New Methodological Option forAfrican Philosophy
Arụmarụka, 2023 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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Engaging with Aribiah Attoe’s Predeterministic Historicity
Arụmarụka, 2022 In this essay, I critically engage with Aribiah Attoe’s new book on African Metaphysics, Groundwork for a New Kind of African Metaphysics: The Idea of Predeterministic Historicity, by reflecting on some of the philosophical issues that it provokes. Attoe
Amara Esther CHIMAKONAM
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