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African philosophy : new and traditional perspectives / edited by Lee M. Brown

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2004 Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 193 pages)ISBN:
  • 9780198027379
  • 0198027370
  • 9780199785827
  • 0199785821
  • 0190283319
  • 9780190283315
  • 1281988936
  • 9781281988935
  • 9786611988937
  • 6611988939
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: African philosophy.DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 199.67 B877A  22
LOC classification:
  • B5305 .A374 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Akan and Euro-American concepts of the person / K. Anthony Appiah -- Truth and an African language / Kwasi Wiredu -- An outline of a theory of destiny / Segun Gbadegesin -- Personal identity in African metaphysics / Leke Adeofe -- The concept of the person in Luo modes of thought / D.A. Masolo -- Physical and metaphysical understanding: nature, agency, and causation in African traditional thought / I.A. Menkiti -- Witchcraft, science, and the paranormal in contemporary African philosophy / Albert Mosley -- Understanding and ontology in traditional African thought / Lee M. Brown -- Selected bibliography of epistemological and metaphysical perspectives in African philosophical thought
Summary: This is a collection of essays that address epistemological and metaphysical concerns that have emerged from the sub-Saharan regions of Africa. The focus of the book is on traditional African conceptions of mind, person, personal identity, truth, knowledge, understanding, objectivity and reality
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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 199.67 B877A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 064259

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-186) and indexes

Akan and Euro-American concepts of the person / K. Anthony Appiah -- Truth and an African language / Kwasi Wiredu -- An outline of a theory of destiny / Segun Gbadegesin -- Personal identity in African metaphysics / Leke Adeofe -- The concept of the person in Luo modes of thought / D.A. Masolo -- Physical and metaphysical understanding: nature, agency, and causation in African traditional thought / I.A. Menkiti -- Witchcraft, science, and the paranormal in contemporary African philosophy / Albert Mosley -- Understanding and ontology in traditional African thought / Lee M. Brown -- Selected bibliography of epistemological and metaphysical perspectives in African philosophical thought

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This is a collection of essays that address epistemological and metaphysical concerns that have emerged from the sub-Saharan regions of Africa. The focus of the book is on traditional African conceptions of mind, person, personal identity, truth, knowledge, understanding, objectivity and reality

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