What Is Conversational Philosophy? A Prescription of a New Theory and Method of Philosophising, in and Beyond African Philosophy
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https://doi.org/10.25159/2413-3086/2874Keywords:
Conversational philosophy, Africa, African philosophy, intercultural philosophy, conversationalismAbstract
In this paper I discuss the meaning of the theory of conversational philosophy. I show that its background inspiration is derived from an under-explored African notion of relationship or communion or interdependence. I argue that conversational philosophy forms a theoretic framework on which most ethical, metaphysical and epistemological discourses in African philosophy—and by African philosophers—could be grounded. I call this framework the method of conversationalism. I unveil some of its basic principles and show its significance in and beyond African philosophy.
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2018-01-17
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Chimakonam, Jonathan Okeke. 2017. “What Is Conversational Philosophy? A Prescription of a New Theory and Method of Philosophising, in and Beyond African Philosophy”. Phronimon 18:115-30. https://doi.org/10.25159/2413-3086/2874.
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Received 2017-07-02
Accepted 2017-12-08
Published 2018-01-17
Accepted 2017-12-08
Published 2018-01-17