| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 193 pages) |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-186) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Philosophy, African.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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Philosophy, African
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Philosophie
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Afrikaanse filosofie.
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Afrika
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brown, Lee M
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| LC no. |
2003048695 |
| ISBN |
9780198027379 |
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0198027370 |
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9780199785827 |
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0199785821 |
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0190283319 |
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9780190283315 |
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1281988936 |
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9781281988935 |
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9786611988937 |
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6611988939 |
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