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Ethnophilosophy as a global development goal
AbstractThe 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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Bioethics in Africa: A contextually enlightened analysis of three cases
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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Infinitude and Logic: Travelling through Time [PDF]
This study is basically an investigation into the probabilities of place and how such probabilities affect concepts and propositions as they travel through time.
Ibanga, Diana-Abasi
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Engaging with Aribiah Attoe’s Predeterministic Historicity
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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Implications of Ubuntu/Synergy for the Education System of Ethiopia
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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Towards a Non-human Speciophilosophy
After the publication of Jaques Derrida’s book, L’animal que donc je suis, anti-speciesism has been looking for a theoretical foundation for its ethical content.
Enrico Giannetto
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Engaging with Aribaih Attoe’s predeterministic historicity [PDF]
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.
Chimakonam, Amara Esther
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Purpose. Philosophy of culture is an extremely multifaceted field, which includes the anthropological segment as well. In particular, we can talk about the role of man (personality) in cultural progress in a particular period of development of the ...
Z. O. Yankovska, L. V. Sorochuk
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REASON AND FEELING: THE CHALLENGING JOURNEY OF PAULIN HOUNTONDJI [PDF]
« Hountondji ? He is a white man » (Combats pour le sens. Un itinéraire africain, 1997 :172). So was he described by the great Rwandese philosopher Alexis Kagame. Many other African scholars, though they do not express it, would agree with Kagame.
Kiti, Paul Christian
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LA DECONSTRUCTION DE L’EUROCENTRISME PHILOSOPHIQUE PAR LES PHILOSOPHES AFRICAINS
Deconstruction of the Philosophical Eurocentrism by African Philosophers. Eurocentrism is a current that is manifested by the refusal, disdain and depreciation of all knowledge abroad in favor of European cultures.
Bauvarie MOUNGA
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