Method, Substance, and the Future of African Philosophy (eBook)

Edwin E. Etieyibo is Associate Professor of Philosophy at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. He is the author (with Odirin Omiegbe) of the book, Disabilities in Nigeria; Attitudes, Reactions, and Remediation (2017).

1 IntroductionPart I African Philosophy and History2 African Philosophy in History, Context and Contemporary Times3 The Journey of African Philosophy4 History of Philosophy as a Problem: Our Case5 The State of African Philosophy in AfricaPart II Method in African Philosophy6 Questions of Method and Substance and the Growth of African Philosophy.7 Between the Ontology and Logic Criteria of African Philosophy8 The “Demise” of Philosophical Universalism and the Rise of Conversational Thinking in Contemporary African Philosophy9 Is, Ought and All: In Defense of a MethodPart III Substance of African Philosophy10 An Examination of Menkiti’s Conception of Personhood and Gyekye’s Critique11 Justification of Moral Norms in African Philosophy12 The Importance of an African Social Epistemology to Improve Public Health and Increase Life Expectancy in Africa13 The Question of Rationality in Kwasi Wiredu’s Consensual Democracy14 How to Ground Animal Rights on African Values: A Constructive ApproachPart IV African Philosophy and Its Future15 Philosophy and the State in Africa16 Jéan-Paul Sartre and the Agenda of an Africanist Philosophy of Liberation17 The Shaping of the Future of African Philosophy