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Doing Moral Philosophy Through Personhood
The chapter provides the reader with one way to approach and understand African moral philosophy. It pivots African moral philosophy on the concepts...
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Knowledge and Testimony in African Communitarian Epistemology
This essay is a critical analysis of knowledge and testimony in African communitarian epistemology (ACE). The aim is to explicate the meaning and...
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African Phenomenology: Introductory Perspectives
Phenomenology is an emerging field within the broader domain of African and Africana philosophy. The phenomenological method, with its various...
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African Personhood, Metaphysical Capacities and Human Dignity
This chapter considers the status of metaphysical capacities in the debates on personhood and value theory in African philosophy. Specifically, it...
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Dialogue Between African Agrarian Philosophy and Adam Smith on Underdevelopment and Resource Dependence in Africa
The purpose of this chapter is to highlight principles for agrarian economics in Africa based on the dialogue between agrarian philosophy in Africa...
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Knowledge and Testimony in African Communitarian Epistemology
This chapter is a critical analysis of knowledge and testimony in African communitarian epistemology (ACE). The aim is to explicate the meaning and...
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African Rights Theory of Justice
The chapter discusses the rights-based theory of justice. It builds on some rights in the traditional African setting, which directs individuals on...
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From Local to Global: Rethinking the Dynamics of African Philosophy from an Intercultural Perspective
This paper seeks to make a specific contribution to the future of contemporary African/intercultural philosophy in a globalized intercultural...
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What Is ‘Ethno’ and ‘Philosophy’ in Ethno-Philosophy?
There is an ongoing debate in the African philosophical place regarding the issue of relevance of ethno-philosophy to modern thinking in Africa. On...
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Indigenous African Eco-communitarian Agrarian Philosophy: Lessons on Environmental Conservation and Sustainability from the Nsoq Culture of North West Cameroon
Humankind’s activities on the planet earth have evolved to unprecedented levels, thus putting the ecosystem on the verge of the abyss. The exigency...
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Chinese and Global Philosophy: Postcomparative Transcultural Approaches and the Method of Sublation
The essay deals with problems encountered by Western researchers working in the field of Chinese philosophy. It begins with a discussion of...
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Exploring Ignorance and Injustice in African Epistemology
This chapter will explore two major themes in the African epistemology: the question of epistemic injustice and the question of the epistemology of...
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The African Philosopher and The Burden of Indigenous Knowledge System (IKS)
Philosophy from the ancient period to the contemporary period is regarded as the basis for rationality in all human societies. It is thus a veritable...
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Neo-Liberalism and the Ethics of Pan-African Development Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa
Pan-Africanism is a philosophy that postulates that African ideas and practices about development, economics, politics, art, religion, law, morals,...
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How Conversational Philosophy Profits from the Particularist and the Universalist Agenda
In this chapter, I contend that conversational philosophy has benefited immensely from the particularist and universalist projects in African...
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What is Western About Western thought?
The question at the centre of this paper is part of a larger debate. Though the more limited question is hardly ever asked in academic discussions,...
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A brief history of analytic philosophy in Hong Kong
This paper offers a brief historical survey of the development of analytic philosophy in Hong Kong from 1911 to the present day. At first, Western...
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Exploring Ignorance and Injustice in African Epistemology
This chapter will explore two major themes in the African epistemology: the question of epistemic injustice and the question of the epistemology of...
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African Metaphysical Thought: What We Mean and Why It Is Important
In this chapter, I provide an understanding of the underlying metaphysics that undergirds (especially) traditional African conceptions of meaning...
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African Conceptions of Human Dignity and Violence Against Women in South Africa
This contribution reads the current debate on African personhood and human dignity against the backdrop of South African women’s struggle for dignity...