Knowledge, Belief, and Witchcraft

Analytic Experiments in African Philosophy

AvBarry Hallen,J. Olubi Sodipo

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

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Beskrivning

First published in 1986, Knowledge, Belief, and Witchcraft remains the only analysis of indigenous discourse about an African belief system undertaken from within the framework of Anglo-American analytical philosophy. Taking as its point of departure W. V. O. Quine's thesis about the indeterminacy of translation, the book investigates questions of Yoruba epistemology and of how knowledge is conceived in an oral culture.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-08-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt:227 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Mestizo Spaces / Espaces Métissés
Antal sidor:180
Förlag:Stanford University Press
Medarbetare:W.V.O. Quine
ISBN:9780804728232

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Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Barry Hallen is a Fellow of the W. E. B. DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research, Harvard University. J. Olubi Sodipo is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria.

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'Analytic philosophers have invested enormous amoun ts of energy attempting to analyse various terms that play a central role in our everyday thinking about the epistemic and ethical dimensions of our lives. It is often supposed that the conceptions underlying these terms are universals of human culture. The fascinating thesis of this intriguing little book is that supposition is false.' Ethics

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword W. V. O. Quine Preface Barry Hallen Foreword Dorothy Emmet Introduction 1. Indeterminacy and the translation of alien behaviour 2. An African epistemology: the knowledge-belief distinction and Yoruba discourse 3. The secrecy of the 'aje;' Conclusion Afterword Barry Hallen Appendix Bibliography Index.