Method, Substance, and the Future of African Philosophy

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii
 Introduction  (Edwin E. Etieyibo)....Pages 1-9
Front Matter ....Pages 11-11
 African Philosophy in History, Context, and Contemporary Times  (Edwin E. Etieyibo)....Pages 13-33
 The Journey of African Philosophy  (Barry Hallen)....Pages 35-52
 History of Philosophy as a Problem: Our Case  (Dismas A. Masolo)....Pages 53-69
 The State of African Philosophy in Africa  (Edwin E. Etieyibo, Jonathan O. Chimakonam)....Pages 71-90
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 Questions of Method and Substance and the Growth of African Philosophy  (Simon Mathias Makwinja)....Pages 93-112
 Between the Ontology and Logic Criteria of African Philosophy  (Lucky Uchenna Ogbonnaya)....Pages 113-133
 The “Demise” of Philosophical Universalism and the Rise of Conversational Thinking in Contemporary African Philosophy  (Jonathan O. Chimakonam)....Pages 135-159
 Is, Ought, and All: In Defense of a Method  (Oritsegbubemi Anthony Oyowe)....Pages 161-184
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 An Examination of Menkiti’s Conception of Personhood and Gyekye’s Critique  (Polycarp Ikuenobe)....Pages 187-208
 Justification of Moral Norms in African Philosophy  (Uchenna Okeja)....Pages 209-228
 The Importance of an African Social Epistemology to Improve Public Health and Increase Life Expectancy in Africa  (Helen Lauer)....Pages 229-250
 The Question of Rationality in Kwasi Wiredu’s Consensual Democracy  (Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ani)....Pages 251-273
 How to Ground Animal Rights on African Values: A Constructive Approach  (Thaddeus Metz)....Pages 275-290
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 Philosophy and the State in Africa  (Ifeanyi A. Menkiti)....Pages 293-311
 Jéan-Paul Sartre and the Agenda of an Africanist Philosophy of Liberation  (John M. Lamola)....Pages 313-333
 The Shaping of the Future of African Philosophy  (Bernard Matolino)....Pages 335-353
Back Matter ....Pages 355-365