Conversationalism as an emerging method of thinking in and beyond African philosophy

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dc.contributor.authorChimakonam, Jonathan O.
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-06T09:33:40Z
dc.date.available2018-04-06T09:33:40Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, I employ an under-explored sub-Saharan African notion of ‘relationship’ to formulate a method that could ground discourses in African and intercultural philosophies. I claim that conversationalism, as the method is called, which is a new idea in African philosophy, might be an attractive model for thought if we take seriously the demand for equal and horizontal engagement especially in the field of intercultural philosophy. To do this, I will show what the method of conversationalism might look like in application. I will articulate a principle called Context-dependence of Value (CdV) that attempts to shift the paradigm of the truth of our propositions from the ‘facts’ which such ‘propositions’ assert to the ‘context’ in which those propositions are asserted, to show not only what makes conversationalism new but to also provide strong arguments on what makes it ultimately desirable for intercultural discourse and particularly now that some thinkers are calling for the decolonisation and Africanisation of philosophy.en_ZA
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dc.identifier.citationChimakonam, J. O. (2017). Conversationalism as an emerging method of thinking in and beyond African philosophy. Acta Academica, 49(2), 11-33.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0587-2405 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2415-0479 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150479/aa49i2.1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/8130
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectConversational philosophyen_ZA
dc.subjectAfrican philosophyen_ZA
dc.subjectMethoden_ZA
dc.subjectConversational thinkingen_ZA
dc.subjectTruthen_ZA
dc.subjectContext-dependent of Valueen_ZA
dc.subjectConversationalismen_ZA
dc.subjectIntercultural philosophyen_ZA
dc.titleConversationalism as an emerging method of thinking in and beyond African philosophyen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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