African belief and knowledge systems : a critical perspective

• Main Author: Mawere, Munyaradzi
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Mankon, Bamenda Langaa Research & Pub. CIG 2011; Langaa RPCIG; African Books Collective; Langaa Rpcig
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Epistemology; Knowledge, Theory of > Africa; Metaphysics; PHILOSOPHY; Philosophy, African
• ISBN: 9789956726851; 9956726850; 995672629X; 9789956726295

The debate on the existence of African philosophy has taken central stage in academic circles, and academics and researchers have tussled with various aspects of this subject. This book notes that the debate on the existence of African philosophy is no longer necessary. Instead, it urges scholars to...

Table of Contents:

• Back cover Chapter Six Chapter Five Chapter Four Chapter Three Chapter Two Chapter One Introduction Preface Cover Title page Copyright page Dedication Contents
• Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Defining Metaphysics -- The Sad History of Metaphysics -- Earlier Positivism -- Metaphysics Rejected -- The Indispensability of Metaphysics -- Metaphysics a Winner? : A Critical Appraisal -- Notes -- Chapter Two. -- Uncovering African Metaphysics -- African Metaphysics' Struggle for Recognition -- Beneath African Traditional Culture -- The Continued Relevance of African Metaphysics -- The Compatibility of African and Western Metaphysics -- Notes -- Chapter Three -- Ontology and Concepts in African Metaphysics -- The Concept of Being in African Metaphysics -- The Conception of Person in African Metaphysics -- Causality and the Two Worlds of Africa -- The Conception of Time in African Metaphysical Discourse -- Notes -- Chapter Four -- The Nexus between African Metaphysics and Indigenous Epistemologies -- Indigenous Knowledge System as African Epistemology -- African Epistemology and the Fallacy of Science -- The Persisting Link between African Epistemology and African Metaphysics -- Notes -- Chapter Five -- African Indigenous Epistemologies -- Taboos as African Epistemology System -- The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Ngozi -- Metaphysical Epistemologies Enshrouded in Runyoka and Rukwa -- Witchcraft as Indigenous Metaphysical Epistemology -- Notes -- Chapter Six -- African Indigenous Ways of Knowing -- Categorizing African Ways of Knowing -- The Supernatural Way of Knowing -- Divination -- Revelation and Faith -- The Natural Way -- Paranormal -- On Behalf of African Metaphysical Epistemology -- Notes -- Back cover