Ukpokolo Themes, Issues and Problems in African Philosophy

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-40796-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 399 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

This volume provides the key to a deepened discourse on philosophy in Africa. Available literature and academic practice in African philosophy since the 1960s have largely featured discourses in the areas of origin, general meaning and nature of the discipline, with little attention given to specialized areas. By contrast, this book examines a noticeable shifting focus from such general concerns to more specific subject-matter, in such areas as epistemology, moral philosophy, metaphysics, aesthetics, and social and political philosophy in the light of the African experience. The volume includes specific discourses from expert contributors on the nature, history and scope of African ethics and metaphysics, while also discussing particular themes in African epistemology, philosophy of education, existentialism and political philosophy.  Researchers seeking for new perspective on African philosophy will find this work thought-provoking, instructive and informative.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ukpokolo, Isaac E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Revisiting the Terms of African Philosophy C.B.N. Ogbogbo

Metaphysics in Africa: Traditional and Modern Discussions Wilfred Lajul

Critical Notes on the Metaphysics of Metallurgy in an African Culture Omotade Adegbindin

An Overview of African Ethics Thaddeus Metz

Transnational Ethics, Justice and Anyiam-Osigwe’s Philosophy of the Family Ronald Olufemi Badru<

Towards an African Moral Theory Thaddeus Metz

An African Theory of Knowledge Anselm K. Jimoh

Epistemic Insight from an African Way of Knowing Peter A. Ikhane

The Imperative of Epistemic Decolonization in Contemporary Africa Abosede Priscilla Ipadeola

A Gendered Interrogation of Virtue Ascription in an African Thought System Isaac E. Ukpokolo

Women Agency and the Re-negotiation of Gender Depiction in an African Media Space Benjamin Timi Olujohungbe

The Imperative of Developing African Eco-philosophy Kevin Behrens

The Nature of African Aesthetics Mathew A. Izibili

Philosophy and Existence in an African Condition Anthony Akinwale

Human Life and the Question of Meaning in African Existentialism Monday Lewis Igbafen

Western Specifications, African Approximations: Time, Color and Existential Attitudes Elvis Imafidon

Probable Limits of Particularism in African Existential Discourse Wale Olajide

Philosophy in Africa and the Challenge of Development

Über Autor(innen)

Isaac E. Ukpokolo is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He specialises in Epistemology, Metaphysics and Philosophy of Culture. He is the author of several essays published in learned journals including the Journal of Black Studies, and Cultura: International Journal of the Philosophy of Culture and Axiology.