A Critique of Oruka’s Philosophic Sagacity

Kalumba, Kibujjo M.

doi:10.5840/philafricana20025114

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“…It is not within the purview of this paper to render an elaborate critique of Oruka. Scholars like Kalumba (2002) and Ochieng (2008) have done so. For our purposes, it suffices to point out that “sage philosophy” still does not address the problem of collective worldview raised by Hountondji.…”

Section: Ethnophilosophy and Its Critiquementioning

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The “ethnophilosophy” problem: How the idea of “social imaginaries” may remedy it

Ude

2024

The Philosophical Forum

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The work argues that engaging Africa's cultural and epistemic resources as social imaginaries, and not as metaphysical or ontological “essences,” could help practitioners of African philosophy overcome the cluster of shortcomings and undesirable features associated with “ethnophilosophy.” A number of points are outlined to buttress this claim. First, the framework of social imaginaries does not operate with the false assumption that Africa's cultural forms and epistemic resources are static and immutable. Second, this framework does not lend itself to sweeping generalizations about Africa or large swathes of it. Third, the framework of social imaginaries remedies ethnophilosophy's problem of collectivism. Fourth, unlike ethnophilosophy, it does not romanticize and canonize a supposedly “idyllic” African past, which militates against a realistic and forward‐looking philosophizing. Finally, with the framework of social imaginaries, Africa's indigenous cultural and epistemic resources become amenable to being engaged with critical philosophical rigor. This not only enhances their potential for cross‐cultural philosophical conversation but also enhances their usefulness for addressing current sociopolitical issues affecting Africa. The discussion in this paper somewhat touches upon the question of method in African philosophy, using the ethnophilosophy problem to navigate the vast gamut of issues involved.

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Section: Ethnophilosophy and Its Critiquementioning

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The “ethnophilosophy” problem: How the idea of “social imaginaries” may remedy it

Ude

2024

The Philosophical Forum

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“…Thus, "Time is distinct from and independent of the events that occur within it. 25 Gyekye advances that through the principle which confers upon the humans their destiny, time is independent of events. The destined identity, time is an influence on personality.…”

Section: African and The Idea Of Future Timementioning

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Justification of the concept of time in Africa

Nnajiofor¹

2016

Og J. Af Stud

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The metaphorical concept of African time is one in which tardiness, lousiness and a total disregard for schedules and program is made out to characterize all Africans. Tardiness is a universal phenomenon; it should not be made to hang around African's neck like a milestone meant to drawn a criminal. This preposterous tag is seen as a harbinger of the continuous cycles of poverty, bad governance, monumental backwardness and a seemingly perpetual over-dependence on other peoples of the world for minimal survival. This, however, cannot be read to mean that Africans lack the notion of time or that of future time. The best we can say is that they lack "time-discipline." With hermeneutic method, this paper seeks to give some justifications to this notion of African of time or Africans posture to time and observes that Africans relational attitude, her polychromous nature, even lack of some basic amenities, etc. are some of the justifications to these and concludes that there needs to be a balancing (prioritizing) of time vs. events considerations and that most people are usually somewhere in between the two extremes. It is usually necessary to adapt to the time and event orientation of a culture group.

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H. Odera Oruka’s Philosophic Sagacity as a Variety of Ethno-Philosophy

Mosima

2022

Ethnophilosophy and the Search for the Wellspring of African Philosophy

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A Critique of Oruka’s Philosophic Sagacity

Cited by 5 publications

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The “ethnophilosophy” problem: How the idea of “social imaginaries” may remedy it

The “ethnophilosophy” problem: How the idea of “social imaginaries” may remedy it

Justification of the concept of time in Africa

H. Odera Oruka’s Philosophic Sagacity as a Variety of Ethno-Philosophy

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