Overview
Explores African metaphysics and epistemology as branches of African philosophy, from the African perspective
Makes an original contribution to the field of philosophy from the African perspective
Deploys the method of conversational thinking grounded in Ezumezu system of logic to make a case for decolonizing philosophy
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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African Metaphysics
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book focuses on African metaphysics and epistemology, and is an exercise in decoloniality. The authors describe their approach to "decoloniality" as an intellectual repudiation of coloniality, using the method of conversational thinking grounded in Ezumezu logic. Focusing specifically on both African metaphysics and African epistemology, the authors put forward theories formulated to stimulate fresh debates and extend the frontiers of learning in the field. They emphasize that this book is not a project in comparative philosophy, nor is it geared towards making Africa/ns the object/subjects of philosophy. Rather, the book highlights and discusses philosophical insights that have been produced from the African perspective, which the authors argue must be further developed in order to achieve decoloniality in the field of philosophy more broadly.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Jonathan O. Chimakonam is a senior lecturer at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and a research fellow at the Center for Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Studies, University of Tubingen, Germany. He is also a senior researcher at The Conversational School of Philosophy, Calabar, Nigeria.
L. Uchenna Ogbonnaya is a postdoc at the University of Pretoria, South Africa and a senior researcher at The Conversational School of Philosophy, Calabar, Nigeria.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: African Metaphysics, Epistemology and a New Logic
Book Subtitle: A Decolonial Approach to Philosophy
Authors: Jonathan O. Chimakonam, L. Uchenna Ogbonnaya
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72445-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72444-3Published: 07 May 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72447-4Published: 07 May 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-72445-0Published: 06 May 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 226
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy, general, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Postcolonial Philosophy, Social Philosophy