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

Contributor(s):

Brown, Lee M

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 193 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780198027379
0198027370
9780199785827
0199785821

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: African philosophy.DDC classification:

199/.67 22

LOC classification:

B5305 .A374 2004eb

Other classification:

08.10

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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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-186) and indexes.

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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