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Why the externalist-internalist distinction over the African development discourse is a dead end 为什么外部主义者和内部主义者对非洲发展话语的区分是一条死胡同

Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking Pub Date : 2022-10-03 DOI: 10.4314/ajct.v2i1.1

E. Ofuasia

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How the idea of change has meddled with African cultural practices and the African sense of community 变革的理念是如何影响非洲的文化习俗和非洲的社区意识的

Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking Pub Date : 2022-10-03 DOI: 10.4314/ajct.v2i1.2

Ovett Nwosimiri

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Locating rights in the afro-communitarian scheme: Testing the compatibilist argument 在非社群主义方案中定位权利:检验相容论的论点

Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking Pub Date : 2022-10-03 DOI: 10.4314/ajct.v2i1.6

Tosin Adeate

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Zhongdaology: How should Chinese philosophy engage with African philosophy? 《中道学》:中国哲学应该如何与非洲哲学接触?

Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking Pub Date : 2022-10-03 DOI: 10.4314/ajct.v2i1.4

Keqian Xu

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Further reflections on Samuel P. Huntington’s “Clash of civilization” and contemporary global politics 对亨廷顿“文明的冲突”与当代全球政治的进一步思考

Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking Pub Date : 2022-10-03 DOI: 10.4314/ajct.v2i1.3

Damilola Peter Olatade

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The “Pythagorean” “Theorem” and the rant of racist and civilizational superiority – Part 2 “毕达哥拉斯”“定理”与种族主义和文明优越性的咆哮-第二部分

Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking Pub Date : 2022-03-09 DOI: 10.4314/ajct.v1i2.5

C. Raju

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What is this thing called the System of Conversational Thinking (SCT)? a reply to critics 这个叫做对话思维系统(SCT)的东西是什么?对批评的回应

Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking Pub Date : 2022-03-08 DOI: 10.4314/ajct.v1i2.9

Jonathan O Chimakonam

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A strange conversation 奇怪的谈话

Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking Pub Date : 2022-03-08 DOI: 10.4314/ajct.v1i2.8

B. Matolino

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Conversational thinking, logic, and the making of meaning 会话思维，逻辑和意义的形成

Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking Pub Date : 2022-03-08 DOI: 10.4314/ajct.v1i2.6

Bruce Janz

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Taking on the conversation: unresolved tensions in Conversationalism as a system 接受谈话:作为一个系统的谈话主义中未解决的紧张关系

Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational Thinking Pub Date : 2022-03-08 DOI: 10.4314/ajct.v1i2.7

C. Harris

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