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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777650303321

Titolo

Knowledge cultures [[electronic resource] ] : comparative Western and African epistemology / / edited by Bert Hamminga

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York, N.Y., : Rodopi, 2005

ISBN

94-012-0294-X

1-4237-9102-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Collana

Poznań studies in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities, , 0303-8157 ; ; v. 88

Altri autori (Persone)

HammingaBert <1951->

AppiahAnthony

MuseveniYoweri <1944->

NowakLeszek

Disciplina

121.096

Soggetti

Knowledge, Theory of - Africa

Philosophy, African

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (for individual articles) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 book, have tried to construe an epistemological mirror.