African philosophy cannot be a thing

IF 0.4 3区 哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY
METAPHILOSOPHY Pub Date : 2024-07-03 DOI:10.1111/meta.12693
Idowu Odeyemi
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Abstract

This essay unpacks several arguments about the metaphilosophic nature of African philosophy and charts a way through the problems these arguments encounter. It argues that we must be careful in our attempt to define African philosophy conceptually. Because to define it is to limit it—and to limit it is to conserve it and lead it to a cesspool. It also argues that finding a single meaning for African philosophy is not a rich endeavour, because, just like Western philosophy, African philosophy should not be a thing but be a vast array of things. The argument, one hopes, is taken as a normative rather than a merely prescriptive enterprise.

非洲哲学不可能是一种东西
本文解读了有关非洲哲学的形而上学性质的几个论点,并为解决这些论点所遇到的问题指明了道路。文章认为,我们在试图从概念上定义非洲哲学时必须小心谨慎。因为定义它就是限制它--而限制它就是保护它,并将它引向粪坑。它还认为,为非洲哲学寻找一个单一的含义并不是一项丰富的工作,因为就像西方哲学一样,非洲哲学不应该是一个东西,而应该是各种各样的东西。我们希望,这一论点是作为一种规范性的事业,而不仅仅是一种规定性的事业。
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METAPHILOSOPHY
METAPHILOSOPHY PHILOSOPHY-
CiteScore
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期刊介绍: Metaphilosophy publishes articles and reviews books stressing considerations about philosophy and particular schools, methods, or fields of philosophy. The intended scope is very broad: no method, field, or school is excluded.
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