Metaphysical Foundation of African Epistemology: A Study of the Afemai-Etsako of Edo State in Southern Nigeria

Truth and knowledge are essentially the dictates of some rationality or metaphysical ordainment. By sense experience man is capable of accounting for his past, contemplate his life and predict his future and all of reality, for traditional Africa, however (as is the case with most native societies),...

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Autores principales:	Emmanuel Asia, Anthony Asekhauno
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Publicado:	University of Tabriz 2021
Materias:	african metaphysics epistemology ontology knowledge Philosophy (General) B1-5802
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e77c1be0ac8646459e353e008ad46dbc2021-11-29T06:23:05ZMetaphysical Foundation of African Epistemology: A Study of the Afemai-Etsako of Edo State in Southern Nigeria2251-79602423-441910.22034/jpiut.2021.46154.2832https://doaj.org/article/e77c1be0ac8646459e353e008ad46dbc2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://philosophy.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_12946_9b885822873b0efc7e23c57ef3823f69.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2251-7960https://doaj.org/toc/2423-4419Truth and knowledge are essentially the dictates of some rationality or metaphysical ordainment. By sense experience man is capable of accounting for his past, contemplate his life and predict his future and all of reality, for traditional Africa, however (as is the case with most native societies), there is another mode of knowing beyond man’s immediate capacity in search of truth and reality. An analysis of this perception indicates that there is some metaphysical tinge to epistemology or knowledge claims—whether in the spheres of justice, morality/ethics, religion, political authority, prosperity, law, or ontology/world-view. Put on a plain pedestal: Isn’t there an African mode of knowing? By the study among the Afemai-Etsako of Southern Nigeria, this article tersely adumbrates the scope and nature of knowledge and discovers that, beside the common routes to it (experience and reason), the gamut of knowledge among the traditional Africans also have several metaphysical strands reducible to creative determinism, reactive interference, and representativeness in timing and naming.Emmanuel AsiaAnthony AsekhaunoUniversity of TabrizarticleafricanmetaphysicsepistemologyontologyknowledgePhilosophy (General)B1-5802ENFAPhilosophical Investigations, Vol 15, Iss 36, Pp 213-227 (2021)
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description	Truth and knowledge are essentially the dictates of some rationality or metaphysical ordainment. By sense experience man is capable of accounting for his past, contemplate his life and predict his future and all of reality, for traditional Africa, however (as is the case with most native societies), there is another mode of knowing beyond man’s immediate capacity in search of truth and reality. An analysis of this perception indicates that there is some metaphysical tinge to epistemology or knowledge claims—whether in the spheres of justice, morality/ethics, religion, political authority, prosperity, law, or ontology/world-view. Put on a plain pedestal: Isn’t there an African mode of knowing? By the study among the Afemai-Etsako of Southern Nigeria, this article tersely adumbrates the scope and nature of knowledge and discovers that, beside the common routes to it (experience and reason), the gamut of knowledge among the traditional Africans also have several metaphysical strands reducible to creative determinism, reactive interference, and representativeness in timing and naming.
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title	Metaphysical Foundation of African Epistemology: A Study of the Afemai-Etsako of Edo State in Southern Nigeria
title_short	Metaphysical Foundation of African Epistemology: A Study of the Afemai-Etsako of Edo State in Southern Nigeria
title_full	Metaphysical Foundation of African Epistemology: A Study of the Afemai-Etsako of Edo State in Southern Nigeria
title_fullStr	Metaphysical Foundation of African Epistemology: A Study of the Afemai-Etsako of Edo State in Southern Nigeria
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Metaphysical Foundation of African Epistemology: A Study of the Afemai-Etsako of Edo State in Southern Nigeria

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