Ethno Philosophy Critique
Volume 3 - Issue 4, April 2019 Edition
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Author(s)
Dionisio Carlos Mavume
Keywords
ethno philosophy, Criticism, philosophy.
Abstract
The question of African identity has always been quite instigating and raised many debates, especially when it comes to assessing first works produced by Europeans on African philosophy. In the 70s, many philosophers wrote on Ethno philosophy criticizing its methods and the western perspective of its “philosophical?†works. In fact, according to scholars there are many cons than pros; very little positive contribution to the current African philosophy is credited to ethno philosophy. This paper gives an overview of ethno philosophy and then briefly presents the key criticisms as well as critics to ethno philosophy, and somehow counterparts the positions put forward by many philosophers toward ethno philosophy.
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