What is African Philosophy?
The article focuses on the concept of African philosophy. I enter the discussion with some of the earliest texts that we can classify both as philosophical and of African origin. I proceed with an overview of four approaches to philosophising in Africa, as identified by Henry Oruka (ethno-philosophy...
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ftuniljubljanaff:oai:ojs.revije.ff.uni-lj.si:article/8007 2023-05-15T18:12:24+02:00 What is African Philosophy? Kaj je to – afriška filozofija? Pirc, Tadej 2018-07-20 application/pdf https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/arshumanitas/article/view/8007 https://doi.org/10.4312/ars.12.1.189-203 eng eng Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete / Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/arshumanitas/article/view/8007/8279 https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/arshumanitas/article/view/8007 doi:10.4312/ars.12.1.189-203 Copyright (c) 2018 Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 CC-BY-SA Ars & Humanitas; Vol. 12 No. 1 (2018): Violence: It's interpretations and representations; 189-203 Ars & Humanitas; Letn. 12 Št. 1 (2018): Nasilje: njegove interpretacije in reprezentacije; 189-203 2350-4218 1854-9632 10.4312/ars.12.1 African philosophy ethno-philosophy philosophic sagacity nationalist-ideological philosophy professional philosophy afriška filozofija etnofilozofija filozofske modrosti nacionalistično-ideološka filozofija profesionalna filozofija info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2018 ftuniljubljanaff https://doi.org/10.4312/ars.12.1.189-203 https://doi.org/10.4312/ars.12.1 2021-08-08T10:20:29Z The article focuses on the concept of African philosophy. I enter the discussion with some of the earliest texts that we can classify both as philosophical and of African origin. I proceed with an overview of four approaches to philosophising in Africa, as identified by Henry Oruka (ethno-philosophy, philosophic sagacity, nationalist-ideological philosophy, and professional philosophy) and, in reference to other categorisations, emphasise the critique by Peter Bodunrin, who attributes the status of true philosophy exclusively to professional or academic philosophy. The explication makes it evident that the question of African Philosophy is in essence the question of Philosophy itself. Članek se osredotoča na pojem afriške filozofije. Razpravo pričnem z nekaterimi zgodnjimi deli, ki jih lahko opredelimo kot filozofska in hkrati afriškega izvora. Nadaljujem s pregledom štirih pristopov k filozofiranju v Afriki, kot jih je razbral Henry Oruka (etnofilozofija, filozofske modrosti, nacionalistično-ideološka filozofija in profesionalna filozofija), ter v navezavi z drugimi kategorizacijami izpostavim kritiko Petra Bodunrina, ki status prave filozofije pripiše le profesionalni oziroma akademski filozofiji. Med eksplikacijo se izkaže, da je vprašanje afriške filozofije bistveno vpraševanje po filozofiji sami. Article in Journal/Newspaper sami Journals of Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana Ars & Humanitas 12 1 189 203 |
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The article focuses on the concept of African philosophy. I enter the discussion with some of the earliest texts that we can classify both as philosophical and of African origin. I proceed with an overview of four approaches to philosophising in Africa, as identified by Henry Oruka (ethno-philosophy, philosophic sagacity, nationalist-ideological philosophy, and professional philosophy) and, in reference to other categorisations, emphasise the critique by Peter Bodunrin, who attributes the status of true philosophy exclusively to professional or academic philosophy. The explication makes it evident that the question of African Philosophy is in essence the question of Philosophy itself. Članek se osredotoča na pojem afriške filozofije. Razpravo pričnem z nekaterimi zgodnjimi deli, ki jih lahko opredelimo kot filozofska in hkrati afriškega izvora. Nadaljujem s pregledom štirih pristopov k filozofiranju v Afriki, kot jih je razbral Henry Oruka (etnofilozofija, filozofske modrosti, nacionalistično-ideološka filozofija in profesionalna filozofija), ter v navezavi z drugimi kategorizacijami izpostavim kritiko Petra Bodunrina, ki status prave filozofije pripiše le profesionalni oziroma akademski filozofiji. Med eksplikacijo se izkaže, da je vprašanje afriške filozofije bistveno vpraševanje po filozofiji sami. |
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