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An essay concerning the foundational myth of ethnophilosophy [PDF]
Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions, 2016 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 eventually led to the proliferation of a vast array of mostly descriptive literature about the cultural ...
Attoe, Aribiah David
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“Ethnophilosophy” Redefined? [PDF]
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.
Hallen, B
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The critique of ethnophilosophy in the mapping and trajectory of African philosophy
Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions, 2020 By ignoring the history of thinking in other traditions around the world, philosophy established itself as a narrow tradition, and in the name of reason, according to Bernasconi, it constituted itself as a narrative shaped largely by exclusions. Similar exclusionary tendencies have also permeated the field of African philosophy.
Mungwini, Pascah
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Extraversion, Scientific Dependency and the Democratisation of Knowledge [PDF]
ABUAD Journal of the Humanities-AGIDIGBOPaulin Hountondji is best known for his (in)famous critique of African philosophy as ethnophilosophy. However, while his criticism of African Philosophy has generated much debate, his analysis and critique of extraversion and scientific dependency, the ...
Victoria Openif’Oluwa AKOLEOWO
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African Divinatory Systems and the Assertions of Ethnophilosophy
, 2019 In classical literature, there was a serious debate surrounding the possibility of divination. More specifically, Cicero allegedly denounced divination as superstitio, leading to divergent reactions and also urging the need to provide justification for the possibility of divination.
Adegbindin, Omotade
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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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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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La etnofilosofía como una nueva forma de pensar y hacer filosofía desde la interculturalidad / Ethnophilosophy as a new way of thinking and doing philosophy from interculturality [PDF]
, 2021 En este artículo se realiza una aproximación a la etnofilosofíacon la intención de revelar la particular dimensión que se aprecia alestudiarla como una nueva forma de pensar y hacer filosofía desde lainterculturalidad.
Chaveco Asin, Kirenia
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Ethnophilosophy as Decolonization: Revisiting the Question of African Philosophy [PDF]
Ethnophilosophy is widely regarded as a disreputable orientation in African philosophy. For example, critics of ethnophilosophy think of it as a ‘defective philosophy’, a ‘semi-anthropological paraphrase’, a merely ‘implicit philosophy ’, a ‘crazed ...
Irikefe, Paul O.
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Césaire’s Contribution to African Philosophy
, 2021 The essay explicates Aimé Césaire’s contribution to the discipline of African philosophy, which ironically, is unknown to many scholars within African philosophy, especially in Anglophone Africa.
Ochieng’-Odhiambo, Frederick +1 more
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