Knowledge, Belief and Witchcraft: Analytic Experiments in African Philosophy - Softcover

Knowledge, Belief and Witchcraft: Analytic Experiments in African Philosophy

, Hardcover/Pappeinband. Zustand: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. 144 Seiten From the working library of Hans-Joachim Koloss, curator of the African department of the Berlin Ethnography Museum. Hardcover copy in good condition with original dustjacket. Includes some underlinings in pencil. Aus der Arbeitsbibliothek von Hans-Joachim Koloss, Kurator der Afrika-Abteilung des Museums für Völkerkunde Berlin. Gebundenes Exemplar in gutem Zustand mit Original-Schutzumschlag. Enthält einige Unterstreichungen mit Bleistift. ( Benin ) Contents: Foreword by Dorothy Emmett - Introduction - 1. The Disrepute of African Philosopy - 2. Methodologies for African Philosophy - 3. Translating Abstract Ideas and Translation Indeterminacy - 4. Before We Begin - Chapter 1: Indeterminacy and the Translation of Alien Behaviour - 1. Introduction - 2. Underdetermination of Theory: the Relationship Between Observation Sentences and Standing Sentences - 3. The Indeterminacies of Alien Behaviour - 4. Zande Indeterminacies - 5. Introduction to an Experiment in Translation - Chapter 2: An African Epistemology: The Knowledge - Belief Distinction and Yoruba Thought - 1. Introduction - 2. Quine on Indeterminacy of Universal Propositional Attitudes - 3. To 'Know' in English Language Discourse and PHilosphy - 4. To 'Believe' in English Language Discourse and Philosophy - 5. Relations and Comparisons Between 'Knowledge' and 'Belief' - 6. The Onisegun Explain 'Mo' in Yoruba-Language Discourse and Thought - 7. The Onisegun Explain 'Gbago' in Yoruba-Language Discourse and Thought - 8. Relations and Comparisons Between 'Mo' and 'Gbagbo' - 9. Comparisons of the 'Knowledge' - 'Belief' Distinction with the 'Mo' - 'Gbagbo' Distinction - 10. Final Comments on the Translational Indeterminacy of Propositional Attitudes - 11. Conclusion - Chapter Three: The Secrecy of the Aje - 1. Introduction - 2. Analyses of Western Witchcraft - 3. Analyses of African Withchcraft - 4. Using African Withcraft to Understand Western Witchcraft - 5. Universal and Cross-Cultural Analyses - 6. The Aje in Yoruba Society - 7. Is the Aje a Witch? - 8. Aje as a Personality - Type - 9. The Myth of Universal Theories - Conclusion - Appendix - Bibliography - Index ISBN 9780905788555 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 501. Artikel-Nr. 1205179

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