LEADER 04447nam 22005415 450 001 9910337683703321 005 20200630121053.0 010 $a3-030-11075-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-11075-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000007758386 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5724737 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-11075-8 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007758386 100 $a20190305d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEzumezu $eA System of Logic for African Philosophy and Studies /$fby Jonathan O. Chimakonam 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (236 pages) 311 $a3-030-11074-5 327 $aPart I. Background to African Logic -- 1. The Manifestation of Reason in African Philosophy -- 2. In Search of a Logic-based Foundation for African Philosophy and Studies -- 3. Some Problematics in African Logic -- 4. The Schools of Thought in African Logic -- 5. African Logic and the Question of Method: Towards Villagisation of Knowledge -- Part II. Unveiling Ezumezu as a System of African Logic -- 6. Ezumezu as Philosophy of Logic -- 7. Ezumezu as Methodology -- 8. Ezumezu as a Formal System -- 9. Application of Ezumezu in Grounding some Theories in African Philosophy -- 10. Justifying the System of Ezumezu Logic: An Analysis of the Problematic Structure of ?q na Abughi q? -- 11. Decolonisation, Africanisation and Transformation: Why we need ?that? African Contribution to World History and Civilisation. 330 $aThe issue of a logic foundation for African thought connects well with the question of method. Do we need new methods for African philosophy and studies? Or, are the methods of Western thought adequate for African intellectual space? These questions are not some of the easiest to answer because they lead straight to the question of whether or not a logic tradition from African intellectual space is possible. Thus in charting the course of future direction in African philosophy and studies, one must be confronted with this question of logic. The author boldly takes up this challenge and becomes the first to do so in a book by introducing new concepts and formulating a new African culture-inspired system of logic called Ezumezu which he believes would ground new methods in African philosophy and studies. He develops this system to rescue African philosophy and, by extension, sundry fields in African Indigenous Knowledge Systems from the spell of Plato and the hegemony of Aristotle. African philosophers can now ground their discourses in Ezumezu logic which will distinguish their philosophy as a tradition in its own right. On the whole, the book engages with some of the lingering controversies in the idea of (an) African logic before unveiling Ezumezu as a philosophy of logic, methodology and formal system. The book also provides fresh arguments and insights on the themes of decolonisation and Africanisation for the intellectual transformation of scholarship in Africa. It will appeal to philosophers and logicians?undergraduates and post graduate researchers?as well as those in various areas of African studies. 606 $aMovement (Philosophy) 606 $aLogic 606 $aPhilosophy 606 $aTheory (Philosophy) 606 $aPhilosophical Traditions$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E44000 606 $aScience, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/A11007 606 $aLogic$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E16000 606 $aPhilosophical Methodology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E50000 615 0$aMovement (Philosophy). 615 0$aLogic. 615 0$aPhilosophy. 615 0$aTheory (Philosophy). 615 14$aPhilosophical Traditions. 615 24$aScience, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary. 615 24$aLogic. 615 24$aPhilosophical Methodology. 676 $a199.6 700 $aChimakonam$b Jonathan O$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0856506 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910337683703321 996 $aEzumezu$91974546 997 $aUNINA