The analytic appeal of African philosophy

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dc.contributor.author Van Niekerk, Jason
dc.date.accessioned 2016-03-10T10:53:59Z
dc.date.available 2016-03-10T10:53:59Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.description In rejecting ‘Analytic’ as a term effectively without content, Spurrett’s reasoning would likely be approved of by logical positivists. en_ZA
dc.description.abstract Contemporary African philosophy ranges over a number of debates, positions, and theoretical traditions. It can, however, be read as its own critical tradition of hard-won methodological refinements and substantive philosophical debates common to a body of philosophical work concerned with African philosophical resources elided by coloniality and postcoloniality. In this paper I argue for an account of Analytic philosophy as a style of philosophy, and trace a congruous approach in history of African philosophy, suggesting that these should not be characterised as antagonistic. I conclude by contrasting this style of philosophy with positions drawn from the work of Mogobe Ramose, arguing that the Analytic approach captures a set of questions worth pursuing in engagements with Ramose’s work. en_ZA
dc.description.librarian am2015 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://www.ajol.info/journal_index.php?jid=211 en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Van Niekerk, J 2015, 'The analytic appeal of African philosophy', South African Journal of Philosophy, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 516-525. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 0258-0136 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2073-4867 (online)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/51769
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Philosophical Society of Southern Africa en_ZA
dc.rights © South African Journal of Philosophy en_ZA
dc.subject Analytic philosophy en_ZA
dc.subject African philosophy en_ZA
dc.subject Mogobe Ramose en_ZA
dc.subject Contemporary African philosophy en_ZA
dc.title The analytic appeal of African philosophy en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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