Irikefe, Paul O. 2021. The prospects of the method of wide reflective equilibrium in contemporary African epistemology. South African Journal of Philosophy 40 (1) , pp. 64-74. 10.1080/02580136.2021.1891801 |
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/02580136.2021.1891801
Abstract
This article makes a case for wide reflective equilibrium in doing African epistemology. It argues that on the issue of formulating a viable theory of knowledge, such an approach is more promising than the extant dominant approaches, namely the method of ethno-epistemology and the method of particularistic studies. More specifically, wide reflective equilibrium articulates a proper balance between philosophy and culture and endows a theory of knowledge with multiple sources of normativity.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Published Online |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | English, Communication and Philosophy |
ISSN: | 0258-0136 |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 6 September 2021 |
Date of Acceptance: | 27 December 2020 |
Last Modified: | 12 Feb 2024 08:29 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/143910 |
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