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Logical Positivism, Analytic Method, and Criticisms of Ethnophilosophy
Metaphilosophy, 2004Abstract: I argue that the analytic method has been circularly used to analyze the concept of “philosophy,” and that the result of this analysis has also been used to criticize African ethnophilosophy as nonphilosophical. I critically examine the criticism that ethnophilosophy implies cognitive relativism and the criticism that it implies ...
Polycarp Ikuenobe
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Indeterminancy, Ethnophilosophy, Linguistic Philosophy, African Philosophy
Philosophy, 1995 This 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 ...
Barry Hallen
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African Philosophy: With and Beyond Ethnophilosophy
2022Aribiah David Attoe, Attoe Aribiah David
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African Divinatory Systems and the Assertions of Ethnophilosophy
Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies, 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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The Debate on Ethnophilosophy Between Hountondji and His Contemporary Critics
, 2018 Hountondji’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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Hountondji’s Critique of Ethnophilosophy and His Notion of African Philosophy
, 2018 Paulin 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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