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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... Ghanaian parents, and educated in Ghana and Great Britain. He has taught in various universities, including Oxford, Ghana,Stanford, and California, and has held fellowships including at All Souls College, Oxford, Rockefeller, and the ...
... Ghanaian parents, and educated in Ghana and Great Britain. He has taught in various universities, including Oxford, Ghana,Stanford, and California, and has held fellowships including at All Souls College, Oxford, Rockefeller, and the ...
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... Ghana, of Nigerian parentage. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Karachi, Pakistan, and took his Ph.D. from the University of Ibadan. He has research interests in Islamic philosophy, African philosophy, and logic. His ...
... Ghana, of Nigerian parentage. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Karachi, Pakistan, and took his Ph.D. from the University of Ibadan. He has research interests in Islamic philosophy, African philosophy, and logic. His ...
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... Ghana and educated at the Universities of Ghana and Cincinnati. He holds two doctorates from Ghana and Cincinnati. His areas of specialization are metaphysics and moral and political philosophy. His current areas of research include ...
... Ghana and educated at the Universities of Ghana and Cincinnati. He holds two doctorates from Ghana and Cincinnati. His areas of specialization are metaphysics and moral and political philosophy. His current areas of research include ...
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... Ghana and studied at the University of Ghana and Oxford. He was for many years Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Ghana. He has been Visiting Professor at the University of Ibadan (Nigeria), UCLA ...
... Ghana and studied at the University of Ghana and Oxford. He was for many years Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Ghana. He has been Visiting Professor at the University of Ibadan (Nigeria), UCLA ...
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... Ghana in 1958 after at least five years of undergraduate study. In all those years I was not once exposed to the concept of African philosophy. J. B. Danquah's The Akan Doctrine of God, subtitled A Fragment of Gold Coast Ethics, had ...
... Ghana in 1958 after at least five years of undergraduate study. In all those years I was not once exposed to the concept of African philosophy. J. B. Danquah's The Akan Doctrine of God, subtitled A Fragment of Gold Coast Ethics, had ...
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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Acholi Acholi language aesthetic African culture African philosophy African Religions African societies African traditional Akan Akan language Amo’s apartheid argued Bantu philosophy belief Chewa Christian claim colonial concept contemporary African context critical decolonization democracy democratic destiny discourse divine Egyptian epistemology ethics ethnophilosophy European example existence fact Fanon Frantz Fanon Ghana global Gyekye Hallen Hountondji human rights ibid idea identity Ifá Igbo ikenga important indigenous individual intellectual Islamic issue Kagame knowledge Kwame Kwame Gyekye Kwasi Wiredu language liberal liberal democracy literature logic London Maat Mbiti means metaphysical mind modern moral Nairobi nature Nigeria Okot one’s Oruka person philoso physical political practice principle problem question reason religious role sages scholars Senghor sense social Sodipo South Africa Soyinka spirit Tempels theory things thinkers thinking thought tion traditional African truth University Press violence Walda Heywat Western word Yoruba Zera Yacob