From: Sophie Oluwole: Celebrating the Radical Spirit of African Philosophy, By Tunji Olaopa In Philosophy and Oral Tradition (1997), Sophie Oluwole urges us to return to Africa’s oral tradition as…
Philosophy of Logics
Publisher’s Note: The first systematic exposition of all the central topics in the philosophy of logic, Susan Haack’s book has established an international reputation (translated into five languages) for its…
The Ontology of Mind: Events, Processes, and States
Publisher’s Note: This book puts forward a radical critique of the foundations of contemporary philosophy of mind, arguing that it relies too heavily on insecure assumptions about the nature of some…
On the Philosophy of Logic
Publisher’s Note: Jennifer Fisher’s On the Philosophy of Logic explores questions about logic often overlooked by philosophers. Which of the many different logics available to us is right? How would…
The Philosophy of Religion: A Buddhist Perspective
Publisher’s note: This important work does much to extend and redefine the ground of the philosophy of religion, which has been conducted in a purely Western context. The discussion, whether…
The Situation of the Indigenous African Languages as a Challenge for Philosophy
…ensure that the native languages of Africa are used in the future as a means of expressing Africa’s identities and worldviews. This chapter tries to show how the philosophy of…
What is Philosophy For?
…expertly placed in the context of contemporary debates about science, religion, and philosophy. It asks whether, in light of rampant scientific and technological developments, we still need philosophy to help…
African Philosophy, and Non-human Animals [Interview]
University of Nairobi’s Reginald M. J. Oduor talks to Anteneh Roba and Rainer Ebert.
Aquinas
…theology, philosophy of mind and epistemology to his views on free will, action, the soul and ethics, law and politics. She considers the influence of Aquinas’ thought on contemporary philosophy…
In Defense of Proper Functions
Abstract: I defend the historical definition of “function” originally given in my Language, Thought and Other Biological Categories (1984a). The definition was not offered in the spirit of conceptual analysis…