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In answering the question of life’s meaning, the African
perspective is only just beginning to emerge. While this is true,
a critical examination of African theories of meaningfulness,
the possibility of life’s meaninglessness, as well as ideas about
the proper mode/mood for living with the meaninglessness of life
are largely underexplored within the African philosophical
tradition. This book provides several plausible accounts of
meaning in/of life from an African perspective, examines the
relationship between death and life’s meaningfulness, and
explores the possibility of life’s meaninglessness, proposing the
“philosophy of indifference” as the proper mode/mood for living
with the meaninglessness of life.
This book offers a first glimpse into contemporary African
Philosophical thought, which covers issues related to the mind-body
relationships, the problem of consciousness, the ethics of
artificial intelligence, the meaning of life and other topics.
Taking inspiration from the conversational tradition in African
philosophy, this book not only engages with and takes inspiration
from traditional African thought, but also engages with
philosophical views outside the philosophical tradition in a bid to
present a holistic understanding of the problems that are central
to the book. The volume is relevant for professional African
philosophers, philosophers of mind, philosophers of AI,
undergraduate and postgraduate philosophy students, and African
Studies scholars.
It is not far-fetched to say that much of what is termed "African
metaphysics" remains a traditional affair, without the sort of
critical analysis that sheds away the burden of myths and
ethnocentric rigidity. African ideas about the nature of being,
God, causality, death, etc., have largely remained the same and
unchallenged, mainly due to the hesitancy of some African scholars
to question these suppositions or build beyond them. In this book,
Aribiah David Attoe presents a unified African metaphysics that
first interrogates important notions held by many traditional
African thinkers, and then builds upon them to propose a largely
materialistic account of African metaphysics. The book re-imagines
and reconstructs the idea of God, being, causality and death in
African metaphysics, tackling some of the problems associated with
these concepts in African thought. It also opens up new vistas of
thought, while engaging and encouraging African metaphysicians to
explore a previously ignored perspective.
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