…become as many different facets of the same effort to access to a superior order of being in which each self manifests its true nature. This path came to involve…
The Rational Basis of Yoruba Ethical Thinking
An explanation of the Yoruba understanding of rationality, its immediate connection to practical ethics, and its roots in oral Yoruba traditions.
Reductionist Philosophy of Technology: Stones Thrown from Inside a Glass House
…of philosophy and philosophy of technology. While claiming to assess the foundations of philosophy of technology, he has adopted a reductionist approach to his subject matter, one that ignores or…
Ezumezu: A System of Logic for African Philosophy and Studies
…called Ezumezu which he believes would ground new methods in African philosophy and studies. He develops this system to rescue African philosophy and, by extension, sundry fields in African Indigenous…
The Philosophy of Logic
…– what makes its truths true? how do we come to know the truths of logic? A taxonomy is approached by beginning from well-known schools of thought in the philosophy…
Sage Philosophy: Indigenous Thinkers and Modern Debate on African Philosophy
Sage Philosophy is an anthology of three main parts: Part one contains papers by Odera Oruka clearing the way and arguing about his research over the last decade on indigenous…
Sex, Lies, and Bigotry: The Canon of Philosophy
In “Sex, Lies, and Bigotry: The Canon of Philosophy” I explore several questions: What does it mean for our understanding of the history of philosophy that women philosophers have been…
Studying Confucian and Comparative Ethics: Methodological Reflections
This article reflects on the challenges that arise in the study and practice of comparative philosophy, focusing on the case of ‘Western’-Chinese comparative work in ethics. The paper more specifically…
Women Philosophers of the Seventeenth Century
…of more recent feminist thinkers. The result is a more gender-balanced account of early modern thought than has hitherto been available. Broad’s clear and accessible exploration of this still-unfamiliar area…
A Logical Journey: From Gödel to Philosophy
…and philosophy. They reveal that there is much more in Gödel’s philosophy of mathematics than is commonly believed, and more in his philosophy than his philosophy of mathematics. Wang writes…