LEADER 03872nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910813488503321 005 20240313162324.0 010 $a1-283-31011-2 010 $a9956-726-28-1 010 $a9786613310118 010 $a9956-726-29-X 010 $a9956-726-39-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000000063057 035 $a(EBL)1135172 035 $a(OCoLC)816868147 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000644742 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12328706 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000644742 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10680218 035 $a(PQKB)11655423 035 $a(OCoLC)777400275 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21741 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1135172 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10509294 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL331011 035 $a(PPN)187343810 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88825176 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1135172 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000063057 100 $a20111205d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAfrican belief and knowledge systems $ea critical perspective /$fMunyaradzi Mawere 210 $aMankon, Bamenda $cLangaa Research & Pub. CIG$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (138 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a9956-726-85-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One; Defining Metaphysics; The Sad History of Metaphysics; Earlier Positivism; Metaphysics Rejected; The Indispensability of Metaphysics; Metaphysics a Winner? : A Critical Appraisal; Notes; Chapter Two.; Uncovering African Metaphysics; African Metaphysics' Struggle for Recognition; Beneath African Traditional Culture; The Continued Relevance of African Metaphysics; The Compatibility of African and Western Metaphysics; Notes; Chapter Three; Ontology and Concepts in African Metaphysics 327 $aThe Concept of Being in African MetaphysicsThe Conception of Person in African Metaphysics; Causality and the Two Worlds of Africa; The Conception of Time in African Metaphysical Discourse; Notes; Chapter Four; The Nexus between African Metaphysics and Indigenous Epistemologies; Indigenous Knowledge System as African Epistemology; African Epistemology and the Fallacy of Science; The Persisting Link between African Epistemology and African Metaphysics; Notes; Chapter Five; African Indigenous Epistemologies; Taboos as African Epistemology System; The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Ngozi 327 $aMetaphysical Epistemologies Enshrouded in Runyoka and RukwaWitchcraft as Indigenous Metaphysical Epistemology; Notes; Chapter Six; African Indigenous Ways of Knowing; Categorizing African Ways of Knowing; The Supernatural Way of Knowing; Divination; Revelation and Faith; The Natural Way; Paranormal; On Behalf of African Metaphysical Epistemology; Notes; Back cover 330 $aThe debate on the existence of African philosophy has taken central stage in academic circles, and academics and researchers have tussled with various aspects of this subject. This book notes that the debate on the existence of African philosophy is no longer necessary. Instead, it urges scholars to demonstrate the different philosophical genres embedded in African philosophy. As such, the book explores African metaphysical epistemology with the hope to redirect the debate on African philosophy. It articulates and systematizes metaphysical and epistemological issues in general and in particula 607 $aAfrica$xReligion 676 $a121.096 700 $aMawere$b Munyaradzi$01598799 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813488503321 996 $aAfrican belief and knowledge systems$94041037 997 $aUNINA