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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.

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Author:   Jonathan O. Chimakonam ,  L. Uchenna Ogbonnaya
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Weight:   0.329kg
ISBN:  

9783030724474

ISBN 10:   3030724476
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   07 May 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface---- L. Uchenna Ogbonnaya Introduction: Decoloniality through Conversational Thinking: Basic Principles of the African System of Thought ---- Jonathan O. Chimakonam Part 1: Metaphysics Chapter 1 - A Theory of Nmekoka Metaphysics ----Jonathan O. Chimakonam Chapter 2- Metaphysical Themes in Consolation Philosophy----- Jonathan O. Chimakonam Chapter 3- Uwa Ontology---- L. Uchenna Ogbonnaya Chapter 4- Ibuanyidanda Ontology---- L. Uchenna Ogbonnaya Chapter 5- The Ontology of Personhood----- Jonathan O. Chimakonam Part 2: Epistemology Chapter 6- Curating Some Epistemological Ideas in African Philosophy---- L. Uchenna Ogbonnaya Chapter 7- Towards an African Theory of Knowledge---- L. Uchenna Ogbonnaya Chapter 8- A Theory of Cogno-Normative Epistemology----- Jonathan O. Chimakonam Conclusion ---- L. Uchenna Ogbonnaya

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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.

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