Aribiah David ATTOE is a Doctoral student, specialising in African Philosophy, at the Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is a recipient of the Global Excellence Stature scholarship from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He also holds a Master’s degree in philosophy of mind and a Bachelor’s degree (Hons.) from the University of Calabar, Nigeria. He has authored several articles and a book chapter, some of which include: “Proto-phenomenalism as an Explanatory Model to the Mind-Body Problem: A Neurophilosophical Inquiry,” in New Conversations on the Problems of Identity, Consciousness and Mind (Springer, 2019), and “An Essay Concerning the Foundational Myth of Ethnophilosophy,” Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions (2016). He is also a member of the prestigious Conversational School of Philosophy and has served as a reviewer and copy editor for the African philosophy journal Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions. His major research areas of interest span across: African Philosophy, Neurophilosophy, Ethics and Socio-political Philosophy, and he has given various talks on areas related to his research areas at different international forums and conferences.

List of Publications

Attoe, Aribiah. “Proto-phenomenalism as an Explanatory Model to the Mind-Body Problem: A Neurophilosophical Inquiry.” In New Conversations on the Problems of Identity, Consciousness and Mind. Pp 67-94. Cham: Springer, 2019.

Attoe, Aribiah. “The Philosophy of Affirmative Action as a Constraint to Gender Equality: An Introduction to Ukém Philosophy.” Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy Culture and Religions Vol 7, No 3, 2018.

Attoe,               Aribiah. “An Essay Concerning the Foundational Myth of Ethnophilosophy.” Filosofia Theoretica:

Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions. Vol 5, No 1, 2016, pp. 100-108.

Attoe, Aribiah. “Mental Surgery: Another Look at the Identity Problem, A Conversation with Jonathan Chimakonam.” Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions. Vol 4, No 1, 2015 , pp. 76-78.

Forthcoming

Aribiah Attoe and Chukwueloka Uduagwu. “Conversational Thinking as a New Methodological

Option for African Philosophy.” In Altervia : Proposing Alternative Paradigms (Cyril-Mary

Olatunji & Mojalefa Koenane Eds.). Forthcoming, 2019.

Attoe Aribiah. “The Methods and Praxis of Conversational Philosophy.” Forthcoming, 2019