Contemporary Debates in African and Western Philosophy

Analytic and Intercultural Approaches

Monique Whitaker (Anthology Editor) , Jonathan O. Chimakonam (Anthology Editor)

Contemporary Debates in African and Western Philosophy

Analytic and Intercultural Approaches

Monique Whitaker (Anthology Editor) , Jonathan O. Chimakonam (Anthology Editor)

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Driven by an intercultural vision and comparative research, this is the first volume to bring together African and Western philosophical approaches to current issues in language, logic, metaphysics and ethics.

Featuring contributions from an international line up of scholars across four continents including leading contemporary African philosophers, these chapters cover a wide range of topics. They advance our understanding of the linguistic, logical, metaphysical and ethical contributions of African philosophical thought in comparison with Western traditions, fostering discussion about how they relate, and are distinct, from one another. Reinvigorating the debate in cross-cultural and global philosophy, this is a groundbreaking resource for any scholar or student of each sub-discipline.

List of Contributors

Preface
Introduction

Monique Whitaker and Jonathan O. Chimakonam

PART I: Language

1 The need to go beyond linguistic rebellion in African scholarship: A case for dis-structuring
Joseph N. Agbo and Jonathan O. Chimakonam

2 Revisiting the language question in African philosophy: Why conversationalism is a viable alternative
Chukwueloka S. Uduagwu

3 Alterity in African and Levinasian ethics: A comparative analysis
Pius M. Mosima and Mbih Jerome Tosam

4 The social nature of the human being: A metaphysical foundation for Akan ethics and the primacy of duty in Akan ethics and Chinese Confucian philosophy
Robert Elliott Allinson

5 Searching for a plausible intercultural philosophy in Africa
Dennis Masaka

PART II: Logic

6 Wiredu contra Lewis on the right modal logic
David B. Martens

7 On the system of three-valued logic: An African contribution
Jonathan O. Chimakonam

8 Contradiction is the rule of truth
Elena Ficara

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9 Formal language and philosophy
Ryan M. Nefdt

10 Why the logic of the natural language conditional needs a ceteris paribus clause
Monique Whitaker

PART III: Metaphysics

11 What is the essence of an essence? Comparing Afro-relational and Western-individualist ontologies
Thaddeus Metz

12 Becoming and balance: The metaphysical doctrines of the Anlo and process philosophy
Roseline Elorm Adzogble

13 Embracing nature: The survival of mythological narratives based on naturalistic experiences at Yorùbá communities in Brazil
Andreza Bispo dos Anjos Santos and Frederik Moreira dos Santos

14 The embodiment of moral philosophy in ancient Africa
Rob Baum

15 The African understanding of the principle of cause: A case of free will or determinism?
Joyline Gwara

16 Revisiting Asouzu's Ibuanyidanda (complementary) metaphysical theory in African philosophy: Exploring the idea of singular complementarity
Aribiah David Attoe

17 The body in Amo's philosophy of mind
Abraham Olivier

18 Event metaphysics in Lao-Tzu's notion of Tao and ?`rúnmìlà's concept of Ìwà
Emmanuel Ofuasia

Index

Product details

Published	13 Nov 2025
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Extent	352
ISBN	9781350334021
Imprint	Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Monique Whitaker

Monique Whitaker is Lecturer in Philosophy at the…

Anthology Editor

Jonathan O. Chimakonam

Jonathan O. Chimakonam is Associate Professor in P…

Rich in thematic engagement and rigorous in scholarship, this excellent book announces the progress made by African philosophy in the last three decades and opens up new spaces for a West-Africa philosophical dialogue. Contemporary Debates in African and Western Philosophy: Analytic and Intercultural Approaches is a timely book that enriches our appreciation of the global dimension of philosophy with its cross-cultural and comparative focus. The book will prove invaluable to academics, researchers, and students active in the fields of African philosophy and Western analytic philosophy.

Ada Agada, Senior lecturer and researcher, Federal University Otuoke, Nigeria
This rich and methodologically diverse set of essays probes the various intersections between African and Western philosophy. With topics ranging from the historical (Anton Wilhelm Amo as anticipating embodied cognition) to the logical (Kwasi Wiredu vs. David Lewis on modality); and from the metaphysical (relational essences in African thought) to the metaphilosophical (the translatability of indigenous African philosophy), this volume is a valuable and timely resource.

Gary Ostertag, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai & The Graduate Center, CUNY, USA