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Titolo: |
African philosophy : new and traditional perspectives / / edited by Lee M. Brown
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Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (208 pages) |
Disciplina: | 199/.67 |
Soggetto topico: | Philosophy, African |
Altri autori: |
BrownLee M
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-186) and indexes. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | African philosophy ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-19-028331-9 |
0-19-978582-1 | |
0-19-802737-0 | |
1-281-98893-6 | |
9786611988937 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910825590403321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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