Knowledge cultures : comparative Western and African epistemology / edited by Bert Hamminga.

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Hamminga, Bert, 1951-

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TextSeries: Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities ; v. 88.Publication details: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (147 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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1423791029
9781423791027

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Knowledge cultures.DDC classification:

121/.096 22

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B5315.K56 .K56 2005eb

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Contents:

The power of knowledge / Yoweri Kaguta Museveni -- African studies and the concept of knowledge / Kwame Anthony Appiah -- Epistemology from the African point of view / Bert Hamminga -- Language, reality and truth: the African point of view / Bert Hamminga -- On the collective subjects in epistemology: the Marxist case and a problem for the African viewpoint -- The Poznań view: how to mean what you say / Bert Hamminga.

Summary: This volume compares the western ideas of knowledge with the African. It aims at creating a mirror through which the western knowledge culture can look at itself through an unusual and interesting angle. The culture of Sub-Saharan Africa is the substance from which we, in this book, have tried to construe an epistemological mirror.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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This volume compares the western ideas of knowledge with the African. It aims at creating a mirror through which the western knowledge culture can look at itself through an unusual and interesting angle. The culture of Sub-Saharan Africa is the substance from which we, in this book, have tried to construe an epistemological mirror.

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