’n Kennis anders as die bloot analitiese? Die Westerse denkwyse versus dié van die Ooste en Afrika
Knowledge different from merely the analytical? The Western way of thinking versus the Eastern and African mode of thought This study addresses the problem of intercultural contact and communication from the angle of the different ways of thinking in the West, the East and Africa. As an introducti...
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| description | Knowledge different from merely the analytical? The Western way of thinking versus the Eastern and African mode of thought
This study addresses the problem of intercultural contact and communication from the angle of the different ways of thinking in the West, the East and Africa. As an introduction, the author explains his own viewpoint about culture and worldview as well as how culturalworldviewish differences should be evaluated. In the first main section the Western mode of thought is contrasted with both ancient Hebrew thinking and that of the modern Japanese. This is followed by an analysis of the differences between the thought patterns of the Western mind and that of the (traditional) African. The study reveals remarkable similarities between the contours of thinking in the East and Africa in contrast with that of the West. In conclusion, the distilled theoretical (cultural-philosophical) insights are applied practically to the educational situation (secondary as well as tertiary) on the African continent. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-80afb57a14b943ff8a7b24ec85f90e7a2022-12-22T02:03:40ZafrScriber Editorial SystemsKoers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship0023-270X2304-85572004-07-0169410.4102/koers.v69i4.322’n Kennis anders as die bloot analitiese? Die Westerse denkwyse versus dié van die Ooste en AfrikaB.J. van der Walt0Skool vir Filosofie, Potchefstroomkampus, Noordwes-UniversiteitKnowledge different from merely the analytical? The Western way of thinking versus the Eastern and African mode of thought This study addresses the problem of intercultural contact and communication from the angle of the different ways of thinking in the West, the East and Africa. As an introduction, the author explains his own viewpoint about culture and worldview as well as how culturalworldviewish differences should be evaluated. In the first main section the Western mode of thought is contrasted with both ancient Hebrew thinking and that of the modern Japanese. This is followed by an analysis of the differences between the thought patterns of the Western mind and that of the (traditional) African. The study reveals remarkable similarities between the contours of thinking in the East and Africa in contrast with that of the West. In conclusion, the distilled theoretical (cultural-philosophical) insights are applied practically to the educational situation (secondary as well as tertiary) on the African continent.https://www.koersjournal.org.za/index.php/koers/article/view/322African Way Of ThinkingEastern Way Of ThinkingWestern Way Of Thinking |
| spellingShingle | B.J. van der Walt ’n Kennis anders as die bloot analitiese? Die Westerse denkwyse versus dié van die Ooste en Afrika Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship African Way Of Thinking Eastern Way Of Thinking Western Way Of Thinking |
| title | ’n Kennis anders as die bloot analitiese? Die Westerse denkwyse versus dié van die Ooste en Afrika |
| title_full | ’n Kennis anders as die bloot analitiese? Die Westerse denkwyse versus dié van die Ooste en Afrika |
| title_fullStr | ’n Kennis anders as die bloot analitiese? Die Westerse denkwyse versus dié van die Ooste en Afrika |
| title_full_unstemmed | ’n Kennis anders as die bloot analitiese? Die Westerse denkwyse versus dié van die Ooste en Afrika |
| title_short | ’n Kennis anders as die bloot analitiese? Die Westerse denkwyse versus dié van die Ooste en Afrika |
| title_sort | n kennis anders as die bloot analitiese die westerse denkwyse versus die van die ooste en afrika |
| topic | African Way Of Thinking Eastern Way Of Thinking Western Way Of Thinking |
| url | https://www.koersjournal.org.za/index.php/koers/article/view/322 |
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