Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking最新文献

What ubuntu cannot do for South Africa and Zimbabwe 乌班图不能为南非和津巴布韦做什么

Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking Pub Date : 2024-01-24 DOI: 10.4314/ajct.v3i2.5

B. Matolino

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Can African environmental ethics help in weathering Gardiner’s storm? 非洲环境伦理能否帮助抵御加德纳风暴？

Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking Pub Date : 2024-01-24 DOI: 10.4314/ajct.v3i2.1

Jessica van Jaarsveld

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Expanding the literature on philosophical counselling through African hermeneutic philosophy and conversationalism 通过非洲诠释哲学和会话主义扩展哲学咨询文献

Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking Pub Date : 2024-01-24 DOI: 10.4314/ajct.v3i2.2

Jaco Louw

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Fostering social cohesion through Kwame Nkrumah’s philosophical consciencism: The South African case 通过夸梅-恩克鲁玛的哲学良知主义促进社会凝聚力：南非案例

Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking Pub Date : 2024-01-24 DOI: 10.4314/ajct.v3i2.4

Ntobeko Shozi, Lungelo Siphosethu Mbatha, Anele Nontokozo Sithole

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Ezumezu logical system as a sceptical trend in contemporary African philosophy 埃祖梅祖逻辑体系作为当代非洲哲学的一种怀疑趋势

Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking Pub Date : 2024-01-24 DOI: 10.4314/ajct.v3i2.3

Enyimba Maduka

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Complementary personhood and gender: An interrogation within African philosophy 互补的人格与性别:非洲哲学中的一个拷问

Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking Pub Date : 2023-08-04 DOI: 10.4314/ajct.v3i1.6

Diana Ekor Ofana

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“It” and personhood in African philosophy 非洲哲学中的“它”与人格

Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking Pub Date : 2023-08-04 DOI: 10.4314/ajct.v3i1.5

Mutshidzi Maraganedzha

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On de facto moral friends and a two-level, multimodal account of moral considerability: A critique of Metzian relationalism 论事实上的道德朋友和道德可观性的两层次、多模态解释:对梅兹关系主义的批判

Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking Pub Date : 2023-08-04 DOI: 10.4314/ajct.v3i1.3

Wandile Ganya

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Conversational thinking as a new methodological option for African philosophy 对话思维作为非洲哲学的一种新的方法论选择

Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking Pub Date : 2023-08-04 DOI: 10.4314/ajct.v3i1.1

A. D. Attoe, Chukwueloka S. Uduagwu

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An appraisal of “African perspectives of moral status: A framework for evaluating global bioethical issues” 对“非洲的道德地位观点:评估全球生物伦理问题的框架”的评价

Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking Pub Date : 2023-08-04 DOI: 10.4314/ajct.v3i1.2

Motsamai Molefe, Elphus Maude

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