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Lee M. Brown

Print publication date: 2004

Print ISBN-13: 9780195114409

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: February 2006

DOI: 10.1093/019511440X.001.0001

Physical and Metaphysical Understanding

Nature, Agency, and Causation in African Traditional Thought

Chapter:
(p. 107 ) 7 Physical and Metaphysical Understanding
Source:
African Philosophy
Author(s):

I. A. Menkiti

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/019511440X.003.0007

This essay contends that traditional African culture is largely misunderstood. It is not rooted in supernaturalism and its metaphysics are empirically grounded. Westerners should acquire a more informed perspective on traditional African thought and have much to learn from traditional African thought that will help them solve salient philosophical concerns within Western philosophy.

Keywords:   African culture, supernaturalism, metaphysics, Western philosophy

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