African Philosophy and Enactivist CognitionAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 17 November 2022
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Using classic texts in African philosophy, Bruce B. Janz applies the strand of cognitive science known as enactivism to realise new connections and intersections between both fields. The idea that cognition is embodied and embedded in a social world neatly maps onto specifically African epistemologies to outline a new direction of study on what philosophy is. By working through a rich range of texts and thinkers, Janz provides a fruitful new interpretation of African philosophy and provides close readings of seminal and sidelined thinkers to provide an invaluable resource for students and scholars. Janzs study takes in the creative humanism of Sylvia Wynter, Placide Tempelss Bantu Philosophy, Mbitis theory of time, Orukas last work on sage philosophy, Mogobe Ramoses own version of Ubuntu, Sophie Oluwoles active literature of philosophy, Achille Mbembes excoriating attack on the effects of colonialism on life in Africa, and Suzanne Césaire writings on négritude. This book reorients African philosophy towards an active and creative future informed by enactivist thinking.
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