Themes, Issues and Problems in African Philosophy [Hardcover]

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.

1. Revisiting the Terms of African Philosophy

C.B.N. Ogbogbo

1. Metaphysics in Africa: Traditional and Modern Discussions

Wilfred Lajul

1. Critical Notes on the Metaphysics of Metallurgy in an African Culture

Omotade Adegbindin

1. An Overview of African Ethics

Thaddeus Metz

1. Transnational Ethics, Justice and Anyiam-Osigwes Philosophy of the Family

Ronald Olufemi Badru<

1. Towards an African Moral Theory

Thaddeus Metz

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