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African philosophy : new and traditional perspectives /
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.