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PLS1502 ASSIGNMENT 1 ANSWERS YEAR 2021
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PLS1502 ASSIGNMENT 1 ANSWERS YEAR 2021
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African PhilosophyAfrican Philosophy can be described as linguistic considerations which
suggests that African philosophy wascoined and elaborated by Africans
themselves. This includes their culture, moral values, ethics, community living
and others that affect African per se, this even boils down to the literature
written by African that are philosophically oriented, thus it can never be limited
to one single aspect, it is very broad and deep.
Oruka’s classification comes from the English speaking side and does not
represent Franco African philosophy in his classification. Oruka’s classification
enjoys support by most African philosophers. Oruka clearly operates from a
specific view of the nature of African philosophy. According to Oruka there is
no radical difference between European and African philosophy. Philosophy
remains philosophy irrespective of where it is being practiced. Oruka
distinguishes between philosophy and what he sees as quasi-philosophy.
There are Four Trends in post-colonial African Philosophy, they are: Ethno-
philosophy (which are ideas of philosophers who try to reconstruct a
traditional Bantu or indigenous world view; Sage philosophy (ideas of African
sages on selected philosophical issues; National ideological philosophers
(ideas of politicians on the social, cultural and economic reconstruction of
African countries in a post-colonial era; Professional philosophy,ideas of
professionally trained students and teachers of philosophy in Africa.
One of the most basic disagreements concerns what exactly the term 'African'
qualifies: the content of the philosophy and the distinctive methods employed,
or the identities of the philosophers. On the former view, philosophy counts as
African if it involves African themes such as perceptions of time, personhood,
space and other subjects, or uses methods that are defined as distinctively
African. In the latter view, African philosophy is any philosophy produced by
Africans or by people of African descent, and others engaged in critiques or
analysis of their works. An African philosopher is one who attempts to
understand the African's phenomena, the purpose of human existence, the
nature of the continent, and the place of human beings in that world. This form
of natural philosophy is identifiable in Africa even before individual African
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, philosophers can be distinguished in the sources. In Southern Africa and
Southeast Africa the development of a distinctive Bantu philosophy
addressing the nature of existence, the cosmos and humankind's relation to
the world following the Bantu migration has had the most significant impact on
the philosophical developments of the said regions, with the development of
the philosophy of Ubuntu as one notable example emerging from this world-
view.
Ethnophilosophy
Ethnophilosophy involves the recording of the beliefs found in
African cultures. Such an approach treats African philosophy as
consisting in a set of shared beliefs, a shared world-view – an item
of communal property rather than an activity for the individual.
Ethnophilosophers attempt to show that African philosophy is
distinctive by treading heavily on the ‘African’ and almost losing the
‘philosophy’, that is, by making clear the differentiation between
African and European philosophy.
Ethnophilosophy involves the recording of the beliefs found in
African cultures. Such an approach treats African philosophy as
consisting in a set of shared beliefs, a shared world-view – an item
of communal property rather than an activity for the individual.
Ethnophilosophers attempt to show that African philosophy is
distinctive by treading heavily on the ‘African’ and almost losing the
‘philosophy’, that is, by making clear the differentiation between
African and European philosophy. This trend appeals to the sense
of community that one sees in the majority of African cultures,
something which in my experience is an integral part, if not the
cornerstone, of African culture and belief. Be this as it may, I am
inclined to disagree with the trend, because in my opinion,
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