Members of the CSP present at the African Philosophy World Conference Between the 27th and the 31st of October 2019, the African Philosophy Society hosted some of the best minds in African philosophy and other related disciplines at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. What was particularly interesting about this conference was the focus on young […]
Emmanuel Ofuasia, csp (Ofuasia.emma@yahoo.com) As humans, we pride ourselves as the higher animals – with improved reasoning faculty, language, and adaptability, to name a few. Unfortunately, there are true, untrue and doubtful elements implied within this conviction. We are merely massaging and soothing our ‘Ego-Humanity.’ I admit that we are better, more knowledgeable and higher only by the […]
The death of Ifeanyi Menkiti (born on the 24th of August 1940) on the 17th of June 2019 came as a shock to the African philosophical community. Before his death, Menkiti was considered an “elder” in African philosophy, having served as a second-generation African philosopher with peers such as Kwasi Wiredu, Kwame Gyekye, John Mbiti, Paulin Hountondji, […]
Ada Agada csp Forum Scientiarum, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany ada.agada@fsci.uni-tuebingen.de The Conversational School of Philosophy, Calabar, Nigeria aagada@cspafrica.org 10/12/2019 It is easy to forget that African philosophy is still very much at the stage of idea-ferment and system-building. While Western philosophy has passed this stage and is now very comfortable with analysis at the expense of […]
1ST CSP EMERGING IDEAS ON CONVERSATIONAL THINKINGCONFERENCE (EICT) A Collaboration of The Conversational Society of Philosophy (CSP)andThinking Africa (Department of Philosophy, University of Pretoria). Theme Thinking Africa: Glocal Solutions to Glocal Problems Venue: Future Africa Campus, University of Pretoria, South Africa Dates: August 26-28, 2020 Call for Abstracts: The Conversational School of Philosophy (CSP), in collaboration […]
By Jonathan Chimakonam There is a popular saying that you cannot teach an old dog new tricks. Perhaps it would be a stretch to take this saying to apply in every circumstance. But the main point of such a saying is that teaching an old dog new tricks can be difficult or daunting – sometimes, […]
Put together by the Elements of the Conversational Society of Philosophy (CSP)., Monday, June 15, 2020 Introduction When an individual contributes immensely to humanity or makes giant strides in his/her field of endeavour, those who are aware of those contributions are immediately met with sadness when the demise of such an individual becomes news. Despite […]
by Boaventura de Sousa Santos Statues look a lot like the past, which is why, whenever they are called into question, we turn to historians. The truth is that statues are a thing of the past only as long as they stand quietly in squares, as indifferent to us as we are to them. At […]
By Emmanuel Ofuasia csp (ofuasia.emma@yahoo.com) Towards the end of November 2019, there was, what seemed to me, a needless hullabaloo, in the town of Nsukka, which houses the University of Nigeria (U.N.N). The reason is not unconnected to the “Conference on Witchcraft Practices,” an event initiated by the B.I.C. Ijiomah Center for Policy Studies and […]
By Ben, Patrick Effiong Racism is utterly bad at all levels of moral theorizing. But, do you know what’s worse than racism itself? It is when those who are at the receiving end of racial discrimination fight against it on one hand, whilst at the same time working to sustain racism by pandering to social […]