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#sage-philosophy
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What exactly is Odera Oruka’s sage philosophy, and how is it different from ethnophilosophy?
I live in Nairobi, and Henry Odera Oruka taught at the University of Nairobi, so I feel I should understand his work better than I do. I build credit models for a living and came to philosophy through statistics, so I know…
Started by Wanjiru Kamau4 replies246 views -
Hountondji was right: a people’s worldview is not yet philosophy
I teach philosophy in a Dakar lycée, and every year a student asks why we study Descartes and not ‘African philosophy’. I owe them a serious answer, and the most serious one I know is Paulin Hountondji's. In African Philosophy: Myth and…
Started by Khady Faye7 replies209 views