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UNINA9910825590403321 |
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Titolo |
African philosophy : new and traditional perspectives / / edited by Lee M. Brown |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-028331-9 |
0-19-978582-1 |
0-19-802737-0 |
1-281-98893-6 |
9786611988937 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (208 pages) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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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 (p. 179-186) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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