A Companion to African PhilosophyKwasi Wiredu This volume of newly commissioned essays provides comprehensive coverage of African philosophy, ranging across disciplines and throughout the ages.
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... Acholi Language VICTOR OCAYA Yoruba Moral Epistemology BARRY HALLEN Ifa ́: An Account of a Divination System and Some Concluding Epistemological Questions OLU ́FE ́MI TA ́I ́WO` Toward a Theory of Destiny SEGUN GBADEGESIN On the ...
... Acholi Language VICTOR OCAYA Yoruba Moral Epistemology BARRY HALLEN Ifa ́: An Account of a Divination System and Some Concluding Epistemological Questions OLU ́FE ́MI TA ́I ́WO` Toward a Theory of Destiny SEGUN GBADEGESIN On the ...
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... language and African civilizations. He was born in Brazzaville, Congo, and studied at the University of Bordeaux and ... Acholi, his mother tongue. Since his M.A dissertation on this subject, he has continued to deepen his results ...
... language and African civilizations. He was born in Brazzaville, Congo, and studied at the University of Bordeaux and ... Acholi, his mother tongue. Since his M.A dissertation on this subject, he has continued to deepen his results ...
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... language on philosophical thinking are notorious in the Western tradition. Witness, for example, Bertrand Russell's ... Acholi Language'' (chapter 20), and Barry Hallen's ''Yoruba Moral Epistemology'' (chapter 21). To return to Senghor ...
... language on philosophical thinking are notorious in the Western tradition. Witness, for example, Bertrand Russell's ... Acholi Language'' (chapter 20), and Barry Hallen's ''Yoruba Moral Epistemology'' (chapter 21). To return to Senghor ...
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... Acholi Language'' (chapter 20); Olu ́fe ́mi Ta ́ıwo`, ''Ifa ́: An Account of a Divination System and Some Concluding Epistemological Questions'' (chapter 22); Segun Gbadegesin, ''Toward a Theory of Destiny'' (chapter 23); Safro Kwame ...
... Acholi Language'' (chapter 20); Olu ́fe ́mi Ta ́ıwo`, ''Ifa ́: An Account of a Divination System and Some Concluding Epistemological Questions'' (chapter 22); Segun Gbadegesin, ''Toward a Theory of Destiny'' (chapter 23); Safro Kwame ...
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Contents
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PART II METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES | 261 |
PART III LOGIC EPISTEMOLOGY AND METAPHYSICS | 283 |
PART IV THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION | 353 |
PART V ETHICS AND AESTHETICS | 385 |
PART VI POLITICS | 433 |
PART VII SPECIAL TOPICS | 527 |
Index | 570 |
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