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Ethnophilosophy refers to bodies of belief and knowledge that have philosophical relevance and which can be redescribed in terms drawn from academic philosophy, but which have not been consciously formulated as philosophy by philosophers. These bodies of belief and knowledge are manifested in the thoughts and actions of people who share a common ...
Ivan Karp, D.A. Masolo
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Ethnophilosophy refers to bodies of belief and knowledge that have philosophical relevance and which can be redescribed in terms drawn from academic philosophy, but which have not been consciously formulated as philosophy by philosophers. These bodies of belief and knowledge are manifested in the thoughts and actions of people who share a common ...
Ivan Karp, D.A. Masolo
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Are we finished with the ethnophilosophy debate? A multi-perspective conversation
Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions, 2019In line with the tradition of the Conversational School of Philosophy, this essay provides a rare and unique space of discourse for the authors to converse about the place of the ‘ethno’ in African philosophy. This conversation is a revisit, a renewal of the key positions that have coloured the ethnophilosophy debate by the conversers who themselves ...
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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, 2020By 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.
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Indeterminancy, Ethnophilosophy, Linguistic Philosophy, African Philosophy
Philosophy, 1995This is a paper about philosophical methodology or, better, methodologies. Most of the material that has been published to date under the rubric of African philosophy has been methodological in character. One reason for this is the conflicts that sometimes arise when philosophers in Africa attempt to reconcile their relationships with both academic ...
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Hountondji’s Critique of Ethnophilosophy and His Notion of African Philosophy
2018Paulin Hountondji became famous for his rigorous critique of ethnophilosophy. This chapter presents the historical context of the emergence of ethnophilosophy, portrays the most important writings of this genre and discusses Hountondji’s methodological objections to the ethnophilosophical approach.
Franziska Dübgen, Stefan Skupien
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The Debate on Ethnophilosophy Between Hountondji and His Contemporary Critics
2018Hountondji’s contemporaries reacted to his critique of ethnophilosophy and his vision of how African philosophy should be properly done and fostered a vibrant discussion on the methods, scope, and standing of philosophy in the African context. The chapter resumes the main elements of this debate, including the topic of who philosophises (the individual
Franziska Dübgen, Stefan Skupien
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