African Metaphysics or African Existentialism?: Some Critical Remarks on Aribiah David Attoe’s “Groundwork For A New Kind Of African Metaphysics”
Aribiah David Attoe’s Groundwork for a New Kind of African Metaphysics is a bold, courageous, passionate, and controversial book. It is erudite, well-informed, well-written, and at times even poetic. It combines the scholarship of Western and African philosophers in elegantly yet naturally flowing l...
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| description | Aribiah David Attoe’s Groundwork for a New Kind of African Metaphysics is a bold, courageous, passionate, and controversial book. It is erudite, well-informed, well-written, and at times even poetic. It combines the scholarship of Western and African philosophers in elegantly yet naturally flowing language. The book is bold because it aspires, as the title states, to be a groundwork for a new (African) metaphysics, thus claiming to solve those problems which previous metaphysicians of both African and Western origin have been unable to resolve. This is where the book becomes somewhat controversial, which is hardly a surprise. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-78ff84faa37a41e599c07b6471277ddf2023-03-26T10:42:47ZengConversational Society of Philosophy (CSP)Arụmarụka2788-79282022-12-01223440African Metaphysics or African Existentialism?: Some Critical Remarks on Aribiah David Attoe’s “Groundwork For A New Kind Of African Metaphysics”Björn FRETER0School of History, Religions and Philosophies, The School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London,Aribiah David Attoe’s Groundwork for a New Kind of African Metaphysics is a bold, courageous, passionate, and controversial book. It is erudite, well-informed, well-written, and at times even poetic. It combines the scholarship of Western and African philosophers in elegantly yet naturally flowing language. The book is bold because it aspires, as the title states, to be a groundwork for a new (African) metaphysics, thus claiming to solve those problems which previous metaphysicians of both African and Western origin have been unable to resolve. This is where the book becomes somewhat controversial, which is hardly a surprise.https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajct.v2i2.3godafrican metaphysicspredeterministic historicityaribiah attoefree will |
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| title | African Metaphysics or African Existentialism?: Some Critical Remarks on Aribiah David Attoe’s “Groundwork For A New Kind Of African Metaphysics” |
| title_full | African Metaphysics or African Existentialism?: Some Critical Remarks on Aribiah David Attoe’s “Groundwork For A New Kind Of African Metaphysics” |
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| title_full_unstemmed | African Metaphysics or African Existentialism?: Some Critical Remarks on Aribiah David Attoe’s “Groundwork For A New Kind Of African Metaphysics” |
| title_short | African Metaphysics or African Existentialism?: Some Critical Remarks on Aribiah David Attoe’s “Groundwork For A New Kind Of African Metaphysics” |
| title_sort | african metaphysics or african existentialism some critical remarks on aribiah david attoe s groundwork for a new kind of african metaphysics |
| topic | god african metaphysics predeterministic historicity aribiah attoe free will |
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