"African philosophy, " when conceived of as ethnophilosophy, is based on the idea that all thought is social, culture-bound, or based in natural language. But ethnophilosophy, whatever its sociological status, makes no contribution to philosophy, which is necessarily invulnerable to the sociological thesis. The sociological thesis must be limited in application to its own proper domain. The conflation of sociological and philosophical discourse arises from the fallacy of misplaced concreteness. This fallacy is responsible, among other things, for the sociological misinterpretation of Wittgenstein. African philosophy, to be thought philosophical, must conceive of itself as addressing universal problems instead of pursuing intellect...
The definition of philosophy has remained a perennial philosophical problem and there is little agre...
I examine Wiredu's views that (1) ethnophilosophy cannot be considered a legitimate philosophy becau...
Philosophy is a rational enterprise, which is predicated on culture, wonder and human experience. As...
Meta philosophical issues surround the topic of African philosophy. What should be counted as Africa...
Commentators on the four trends in contemporary African philosophy as enunciated by H. Odera Oruka f...
Ethno-philosophy, as a philosophical project, has had its fair share of criticism from some professi...
Abstract: The question about the existence or non-existence of African philosophy has almost died a ...
The ontological status of African Philosophy has generated a lot of controversy. While some scholars...
The article focuses on the concept of African philosophy. I enter the discussion with some of the ea...
The quest for an authentic methodology for doing African philosophy has over the past thirty years c...
Philosophical research has been geared toward the epistemological, metaphysical, and physical as den...
The universalists argue that there is currently no African philosophy. Compared to Western philosoph...
African philosophy, at least the modern modality of its practice, is said to have been initiated by ...
The discourse on the meaningfulness of Africans has taken various dimensions over the decades, espec...
The position defended in this article is that African philosophy has the potential to grow into a ph...
The definition of philosophy has remained a perennial philosophical problem and there is little agre...
I examine Wiredu's views that (1) ethnophilosophy cannot be considered a legitimate philosophy becau...
Philosophy is a rational enterprise, which is predicated on culture, wonder and human experience. As...
Meta philosophical issues surround the topic of African philosophy. What should be counted as Africa...
Commentators on the four trends in contemporary African philosophy as enunciated by H. Odera Oruka f...
Ethno-philosophy, as a philosophical project, has had its fair share of criticism from some professi...
Abstract: The question about the existence or non-existence of African philosophy has almost died a ...
The ontological status of African Philosophy has generated a lot of controversy. While some scholars...
The article focuses on the concept of African philosophy. I enter the discussion with some of the ea...
The quest for an authentic methodology for doing African philosophy has over the past thirty years c...
Philosophical research has been geared toward the epistemological, metaphysical, and physical as den...
The universalists argue that there is currently no African philosophy. Compared to Western philosoph...
African philosophy, at least the modern modality of its practice, is said to have been initiated by ...
The discourse on the meaningfulness of Africans has taken various dimensions over the decades, espec...
The position defended in this article is that African philosophy has the potential to grow into a ph...
The definition of philosophy has remained a perennial philosophical problem and there is little agre...
I examine Wiredu's views that (1) ethnophilosophy cannot be considered a legitimate philosophy becau...
Philosophy is a rational enterprise, which is predicated on culture, wonder and human experience. As...