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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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The ethnocentric gaze: From ethnology to ethnophilosophy to “Africa”
South African Journal of Philosophy, 2018In this essay I deploy Sartre's phenomenology of the gaze as the foil to demonstrate the cultural and philosophical movement from ethnology to ethnophilosophy that produces a specific conception of...
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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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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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Ethnophilosophy: Wisdom of the Weak, With Special Reference to the Origin Myths of Arunthathiyars
2020Philosophizing is part and parcel of human nature. karl jaspers says, "Man cnnot avoid philosophizing." There is no part of the world where humans never reflect on basic philosophical questions about human person, cosmos and God. The first part of the paper introduces very briefly ethnophilosophy as it is done in Africa.
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African Divinatory Systems and the Assertions of Ethnophilosophy
Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies, 2019In 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.
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Ethnophilosophie, philosophie et identité africaine
Présence Africaine, 1977openaire +1 more source