Review article
https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111
Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System
Philip Edema
orcid.org/0000-0002-6096-1618
; Augustine University, Igbonla Road, NG-LA–106101 Ilara-Epe
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APA 6th Edition
Edema, P. (2018). Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System. Synthesis philosophica, 33 (1), 179-196. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111
MLA 8th Edition
Edema, Philip. "Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 33, no. 1, 2018, pp. 179-196. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
Chicago 17th Edition
Edema, Philip. "Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System." Synthesis philosophica 33, no. 1 (2018): 179-196. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111
Harvard
Edema, P. (2018). 'Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System', Synthesis philosophica, 33(1), pp. 179-196. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111
Vancouver
Edema P. Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2025 February 04];33(1):179-196. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111
IEEE
P. Edema, "Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System", Synthesis philosophica, vol.33, no. 1, pp. 179-196, 2018. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111
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APA 6th Edition
Edema, P. (2018). Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System. Synthesis philosophica, 33 (1), 179-196. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111
MLA 8th Edition
Edema, Philip. "Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 33, no. 1, 2018, pp. 179-196. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
Chicago 17th Edition
Edema, Philip. "Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System." Synthesis philosophica 33, no. 1 (2018): 179-196. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111
Harvard
Edema, P. (2018). 'Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System', Synthesis philosophica, 33(1), pp. 179-196. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111
Vancouver
Edema P. Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2025 February 04];33(1):179-196. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111
IEEE
P. Edema, "Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System", Synthesis philosophica, vol.33, no. 1, pp. 179-196, 2018. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111
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APA 6th Edition
Edema, P. (2018). Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System. Synthesis philosophica, 33 (1), 179-196. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111
MLA 8th Edition
Edema, Philip. "Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 33, no. 1, 2018, pp. 179-196. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
Chicago 17th Edition
Edema, Philip. "Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System." Synthesis philosophica 33, no. 1 (2018): 179-196. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111
Harvard
Edema, P. (2018). 'Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System', Synthesis philosophica, 33(1), pp. 179-196. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111
Vancouver
Edema P. Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2025 February 04];33(1):179-196. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111
IEEE
P. Edema, "Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System", Synthesis philosophica, vol.33, no. 1, pp. 179-196, 2018. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111
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page 179-196
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cite
APA 6th Edition
Edema, P. (2018). Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System. Synthesis philosophica, 33 (1), 179-196. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111
MLA 8th Edition
Edema, Philip. "Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 33, no. 1, 2018, pp. 179-196. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
Chicago 17th Edition
Edema, Philip. "Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System." Synthesis philosophica 33, no. 1 (2018): 179-196. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111
Harvard
Edema, P. (2018). 'Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System', Synthesis philosophica, 33(1), pp. 179-196. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111
Vancouver
Edema P. Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2025 February 04];33(1):179-196. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111
IEEE
P. Edema, "Beyond Fractured Epistemology: A Discourse of the Idea of Personhood and Personalism in Igbo and Yoruba Moral System", Synthesis philosophica, vol.33, no. 1, pp. 179-196, 2018. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp33111
Abstract
The fundamental argument of this paper is built around the importance of de¬emphasising the use of Western moral categories as found in personhood and personalism in addressing moral and practical issues in some parts of Africa; specifically, among the Igbo and Yoruba ethnic groups of Nigeria. Essentially, personalism as an ethical theory promotes the value and dignity of human beings which makes it an attractive moral theory that is likely to be applied universally to moral issues. However, there are some dangers in the universal applicability of the theory, as knowledge of certain moral issues is perceived by different societies and cultures. As an instance, the African conception of the human person as represented in the Igbo and Yoruba moral systems has no strict categorical difference between the transcendental, spiritual and the material, as it is in the Western conception, which emphasises the material, the functional and the physical dimensions. It is, therefore, to be seen that a discourse of this sort is pertinent and instrumental in providing the values and needed framework to interrogate the myriad of problems faced in the African continent.
Keywords
personalism; Africa; morality; culture; knowledge
Hrčak ID:
219848
URI
https://hrcak.srce.hr/219848
Publication date:
6.11.2018.
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