Anacletus, I. Ogbunkwu (2019) FROM LOGIC IN AFRICAN THOUGHT TO DEFENSE OF AFRICAN LOGIC. THINKERSJOURNAL: APUBLICATION OFFACULTYOFARTS,GOUNI., 1 (1). pp. 82-103.
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This paper is an apologist advocacy for the course of African Logic. The paper appraises earlier works on African Logic determining the validity and soundness of the arguments therein and to chart a path for an African Logic. Using the methods of cultural hermeneutics and logical syllogism, this paper reviews the arguments leading to the conclusion that denied the existence of African Logic as fallacious. Hence the interest of this paper is to chart a path way and carve a niche for African Logic. This paper critically studies the tenets of arguments surrounding African Logic, Logic in African traditional thought and ethical systems and the possibility of African Logic. On appraisal, it is obvious that African Logic is possible minding the symbiotic relationship between philosophy, language/culture, thought and logic and by correlation, African Philosophy and African Logic. Hence if philosophy is only possible as logic, the implication is that it becomes a logical inconsistency to accept African Philosophy, logic in traditional African thought and deny African Logic. It therefore holds that if there is the possibility of African Philosophy and logic in African traditional thought system which argument to the opposite is non sequitur, then African Logic is undeniable. Attempting the opposite simply amounts to surrendering to the onslaught of error
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BC Logic |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Faculty of Law > Faculty of Management and Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | mrs chioma hannah |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jun 2026 07:33 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jun 2026 07:33 |
| URI: | http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/5785 |
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