Filosofia Theoretica

Filosofia Theoretica
Author: Dr Jonathan O Chimakonam Cspp
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2017-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781973901570

In this Vol. 6 No. 1, we bring a mix of refreshing articles in different areas of African philosophy and thought. Filosofia Theoretica Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions is dedicated to the promotion of conversational orientation and publication of astute academic research in African Philosophy and Thought. The articles submitted to Filosofia Theoretica must be presented in defensive and conversational style. The journal has a vision to put Africa and African intellectuals on the global map. However, this does not imply that non-Africans cannot submit articles for consideration insofar as the title falls within the focus of the journal.

Provocative Essays in African Philosophy

Provocative Essays in African Philosophy
Author: Ikechukwu Anthony Kanu
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2022-07-18
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1665599723

This work titled: Provocative Essays in African Philosophy has provided the desired atmosphere for African philosophers and philosophically inclined writers from various disciplines to bring their distinctive methods to bear on problems that concern everyone. This work is, therefore, strongly recommended for all who treasure good philosophical literature; and most especially for anyone who wishes to be abreast with important debates and developments in African philosophy. Experts, researchers, undergraduate and post-graduate students, beginners and casual readers in the area of African philosophy are bound to treasure the usefulness of this piece.

Nyansapo (The Wisdom Knot)

Nyansapo (The Wisdom Knot)
Author: Kwadwo A. Okrah
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2003-12-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135938024

This study examines the issues of indigenous philosophies, which are embedded in different aspects of socialization process among the Akan of Ghana. The research explores the possibility of forging a new future that builds on the positive aspects of their past and present and on carefully chosen ideas, methods and technology from abroad.

Igwebuike Ontology: an African Philosophy of Humanity Towards the Other

Igwebuike Ontology: an African Philosophy of Humanity Towards the Other
Author: Ejikemeuwa J. O. Ndubisi Ph.D
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2019-10-21
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1728394848

This book of readings is designed to accomplish two tasks: to philosophize on Igwebuike and to honour Professor KANU, Ikechukwu Anthony, O.S.A. These two tasks or goals go hand in hand because Igwebuike is Professor Kanu’s philosophy. The book clearly demonstrates why Kanu deserves honour as an African philosopher who has introduced a way of doing African philosophy. It is an approach of doing philosophy that takes into account African ontology and cosmology. Igwebuike as a systematic African thought is exploratory in nature. It investigates issues with a view of seeing how they are related. Doing philosophy in this way takes into account not only the African context but the world as a complex entity with myriads of challenges. The myriads of challenges facing humanity have a representation in this book. For this reason the book is bound to have a global impact. In terms of philosophizing, this book demonstrates that Africa is confronted with many discourses. Discourses that are already going on but need a more systematic African philosophical approach. Some of the discourses are on the environment, governance, infrastructure, human and material resource among others. — Denis Odinga Okiya Maryknoll Insitute of African Studies, Nairobi, Kenya

African Eco-Philosophy

African Eco-Philosophy
Author: Ikechukwu Anthony Kanu
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2022-07-14
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1665599642

Looming at the horizon of this work is the need for the African people to relate to their environment within the categories they understand and appreciate. This Book of Readings on African Eco-Philosophy: Cosmology, Consciousness and the Environment, therefore, focuses on African philosophical reflections regarding the issue of ecology in Africa. These reflections spring from the African earth-based spiritual traditions and innovative spiritual practices. This piece, therefore, would become one of the greatest ornaments and lights in the world of African eco-philosophy.

Perspectives on Igwebuike Philosophy:

Perspectives on Igwebuike Philosophy:
Author: Chiugo C. Kanu Ph.D
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2019-10-18
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1728394864

The study of African philosophy, like all great philosophical enquiries around the world, is fraught with the wrecks of words, wrenched from their original meaning, widened or narrowed, and forced into a bewildering variety of vessels that chum their ways in seas of semantic confusion. African philosophical studies has acquired and added to the many philosophical verbal transmogrifications that came originally from the Igbo of south-eastern Nigeria. In its turn, it has produced its own eccentric philosophical etymology, of which, perhaps the most striking example is Igwebuike philosophy. A reflection on Igwebuike philosophy reveals that it is a product of a meticulous and critical study of African philosophy. It is in this light that the scrupulous researcher would dissect the profound thinker behind the Igwebuike philosophy. In this book, scholars of different hues and academic endeavours have made excursus into the origin, originator, meaning and relevance of Igwebuike philosophy to contemporary African philosophical scholarship and African societies. Research shows that the brain behind Igwebuike philosophy that is gradually becoming a major part of African philosophical engagement is incontestably Prof Ikechukwu Anthony Kanu, O.S.A. Igwebuike itself is a philosophical principle that is drawn from African primordial practice of solidarity and complementarity; the works of professional African philosophers, African proverbs, African folk tales, African mythology, African symbols, African names and African songs. — Kanayo L. Nwadialor, Ph.D Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka

Themes, Issues and Problems in African Philosophy

Themes, Issues and Problems in African Philosophy
Author: Isaac E. Ukpokolo
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2017-01-31
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3319407961

This volume provides the key to a deepened discourse on philosophy in Africa. Available literature and academic practice in African philosophy since the 1960s have largely featured discourses in the areas of origin, general meaning and nature of the discipline, with little attention given to specialized areas. By contrast, this book examines a noticeable shifting focus from such general concerns to more specific subject-matter, in such areas as epistemology, moral philosophy, metaphysics, aesthetics, and social and political philosophy in the light of the African experience. The volume includes specific discourses from expert contributors on the nature, history and scope of African ethics and metaphysics, while also discussing particular themes in African epistemology, philosophy of education, existentialism and political philosophy. Researchers seeking for new perspective on African philosophy will find this work thought-provoking, instructive and informative.