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UNINA9910451526603321 |
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Titolo |
Knowledge cultures [[electronic resource] ] : comparative Western and African epistemology / / edited by Bert Hamminga |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Amsterdam ; ; New York, N.Y., : Rodopi, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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94-012-0294-X |
1-4237-9102-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (182 p.) |
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Collana |
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Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities, , 0303-8157 ; ; v. 88 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HammingaBert <1951-> |
AppiahAnthony |
MuseveniYoweri <1944-> |
NowakLeszek |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Knowledge, Theory of - Africa |
Philosophy, African |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (for individual articles) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material / Bert Hamminga -- INTRODUCTION / Bert Hamminga -- THE POWER OF KNOWLEDGE / Yoweri K. Museveni -- AFRICAN STUDIES AND THE CONCEPT OF KNOWLEDGE / Kwame Anthony Appiah -- EPISTEMOLOGY FROM THE AFRICAN POINT OF VIEW / Bert Hamminga -- LANGUAGE, REALITY AND TRUTH: THE AFRICAN POINT OF VIEW / Bert Hamminga -- ON THE COLLECTIVE SUBJECTS IN EPISTEMOLOGY: THE MARXIST CASE AND A PROBLEM FOR THE AFRICAN VIEWPOINT / Leszek Nowak -- THE POZNAŃ VIEW: HOW TO MEAN WHAT YOU SAY / Bert Hamminga -- CONTRIBUTORS / Kwame Anthony Appiah -- INDEX AND GLOSSARY / Bert Hamminga -- POZNAŃ STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES AND THE HUMANITIES / Bert Hamminga. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume compares the western ideas of knowledge with the African. It aims at creating a mirror through which the western knowledge culture can look at itself through an unusual and interesting angle. The culture of Sub-Saharan Africa is the substance from which we, in this |
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