African Philosophy
This publication is a continuation of two earlier series of chroni cles, Philosophy of the Mid-Century (Firenze 1958/59) and Con temporary Philosophy (Firenze 1968), edited by Raymond Klibansky. Like the other series, these chronicles provide a survey of significant trends in contemporary philosop...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1987, 1987
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1987 |
| Series: | Contemporary Philosophy: A New Survey
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Contents/Table des matières
- African ‘Philosophy’: Deconstructive and reconstructive challenges
- African Philosophy: A brief personal history and current debate
- African philosophy in context: A reply to Hountondji’s ‘Que Peut la Philosophie’
- Myths, symbols and other life-worlds: The limits of empiricism
- The philosophical significance of Bantu nomenclature: A shot at contemporary African philosophy
- The concept of mind with particular reference to the language and thought of the Akans
- Alexis Kagame and Afican socio-linguistics
- Old Gods, new worlds: Some recent work in the philosophy of African traditional religion
- The idea of art in African thought
- Rationalism in the contemporary Arab world
- African philosophy: Its proto-history and future history
- Index of names
- Index of subjects