Beginning African philosophy: the case for african philosophy past to present
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| adam_text | ELLIOTT WREH-WILSON
Beginning African Philosophy
THE CASE FOR
AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY
PAST TO PRESENT
PETER LANG
New York • Washington, D C /Baltimore • Bern
Frankfurt • Berlin • Brussels • Vienna • Oxford
CONTENTS
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
General Introduction 1
1 African Philosophy 7
1 1 Introduction 8
1 2 African Philosophy: An Historical Sketch 10
1 3 Defining African Philosophy: Various Philosophers 14
14A Critique of Ethno-Philosophy 23
1 5 One Final Thought 24
2 The Case against African Philosophy 27
2 1 Questions of Method and Content 28
2 2 Is African Philosophy Critical Enough? 31
2 3 An Initial Response 32
2 4 Second Response 32
2 5 Third Response 33
2 6 On Tempels Bantu Philosophy 34
2 7 On the Critical Nature of Philosophy 36
2 8 Inventing African Philosophy 39
2 9 The Idea of a Folk Philosophy 41
2 10 Concluding Remarks 42
3 Tempels Project of Analyzing Bantu Wisdom 45
3 1 Introduction 46
3 2 Force and the Hierarchy of Being 46
3 3 Some Conceptual Problems 49
vin I Beginning African Philosophy: The Case for African Philosophy Past to Present
3 4 Further Analysis 53
3 5 One More Word 58
4 Anatomy of African Folk Thought 61
4 1 Introduction 62
4 2 Reconfiguring African Folk Thought 62
4 3 The Myth Dimension of Folk Narratives 64
4 4 The Metaphysical Dimension of Folk Narratives 67
4 5 The Social/Moral Dimension of Folk Narratives 68
4 6 Last Word 71
5 Demythologizing African Folk Thought 73
5 1 Introduction 73
5 2 Understanding Folk Mythology 74
5 3 Mythical Consideration 75
5 4 Ritual Consideration 77
5 5 Social/Moral Consideration 78
5 6 Mythology: A Flawed Memoire? 80
5 7 Beyond Mythology 81
5 8 From Mythology to Metaphysics 83
5 9 Summing Up 85
6 African Conceptions of the Human Person 87
6 1 Introduction 87
6 2 What are persons? 88
6 3 Persons as Living Forces 90
6 4 Persons as rooted in Community 91
6 5 Persons as embodying commitment to Community 93
6 6 Persons as Self-actualizing Entities 95
6 7 Sorting It All Out 96
6 8 Conclusion 99
7 Moral Knowledge in African Folk Life 101
7 1 Introduction 102
7 2 The Good Life and the Moral Life 102
7 3 Some Answers 103
7 4 Is there an Ideal Moral Theory for Africans? 105
7 5 Is Religion the Source of African Moral Ideas? 107
7 6 Is Culture the Source of African Moral Ideas? 109
7 7 Is reason a source of African moral ideas? 110
7 8 The Interpersonal Dimension of African Moral Life 111
7 9 Is There Room for Religion in African folk Life? 113
7 10 Last Word 115
CONTENTS | ix
8 The African Ethos 117
8 1 Introduction 118
8 2 Personal Sphere Vs Group Sphere 118
8 3 Religion and Moral Discourse 120
8 4 Moral Life vs the Religious Life 122
8 5 On Values 123
8 6 On Sharing 124
8 7 Children 125
8 8 On Maturity 127
8 9 Where does this leave us? 129
8 10 Conclusion 129
9 African Talk of God 131
9 1 Introduction 132
9 2 Preliminary Observations 133
9 3 The Big Question 134
9 4 Answering the Big Question 136
9 5 God as Ultimate Cause 140
9 6 Assessing Gbadegesin s Case 141
9 7 The Crux of the Problem 145
9 8 Last Word 146
General Conclusion 149
Notes 153
Works Cited 163
Index 167
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