Recent Work in African Philosophy: Its Relevance beyond the Continent

Mind 130 (518):639-660 (2021)
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Abstract

In this article I critically discuss some recent English language books in African philosophy. Specifically, I expound and evaluate key claims from books published by sub-Saharan thinkers since 2017 that address epistemology, metaphysics, and value theory and that do so in ways of interest to an audience of at least Anglo-American-Australasian analytic philosophers. My aim is not to establish a definitive conclusion about these claims, but rather to facilitate cross-cultural engagement by highlighting their relevance particularly to many western philosophers and by presenting challenges to these claims that such philosophers would be likely to mount.

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Thaddeus Metz
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African ethics.Kwame Gyekye - 2010 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2010.

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