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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... KWAME PART IV THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION 353 27 Religion in African Culture: Some Conceptual Issues 355 OLUSEGUN OLADIPO 28 Okot p'Bitek's Critique of Western Scholarship on African Religion 364 SAMUEL O. IMBO 29 Islam in Africa ...
... KWAME PART IV THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION 353 27 Religion in African Culture: Some Conceptual Issues 355 OLUSEGUN OLADIPO 28 Okot p'Bitek's Critique of Western Scholarship on African Religion 364 SAMUEL O. IMBO 29 Islam in Africa ...
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... KWAME APPIAH Philosophy and Literature in Francophone Africa JEAN-GODEFROY BIDIMA Feminism and Africa: Impact and Limits of the Metaphysics of Gender NKIRU NZEGWU Index 499 509 519 527 529 538 549 560 570 To the memory of Cheikh Anta ...
... KWAME APPIAH Philosophy and Literature in Francophone Africa JEAN-GODEFROY BIDIMA Feminism and Africa: Impact and Limits of the Metaphysics of Gender NKIRU NZEGWU Index 499 509 519 527 529 538 549 560 570 To the memory of Cheikh Anta ...
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... Kwame Appiah is the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. He was born in Ghana and studied at Cambridge University (UK) and Yale. He has taught at the Universities of Ghana, Yale, Cornell ...
... Kwame Appiah is the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. He was born in Ghana and studied at Cambridge University (UK) and Yale. He has taught at the Universities of Ghana, Yale, Cornell ...
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... Kwame is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. He was born and raised in Ghana and educated at the Universities of Ghana and Cincinnati. He holds two doctorates from Ghana and Cincinnati. His areas of ...
... Kwame is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. He was born and raised in Ghana and educated at the Universities of Ghana and Cincinnati. He holds two doctorates from Ghana and Cincinnati. His areas of ...
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... Kwame (1995: Introduction, chs. 1, 2, and 5); Makinde (1988: chs. 1–3); Masolo (1994: chs. 2, 3, and 7); Mosley (1995); Oladipo (1992); Oruka (1990a); Serequeberhan (1991); Sogolo (1992: ch. 1); Wiredu (1980: chs. 1–4); and Wright 3 ...
... Kwame (1995: Introduction, chs. 1, 2, and 5); Makinde (1988: chs. 1–3); Masolo (1994: chs. 2, 3, and 7); Mosley (1995); Oladipo (1992); Oruka (1990a); Serequeberhan (1991); Sogolo (1992: ch. 1); Wiredu (1980: chs. 1–4); and Wright 3 ...
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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