The Cognitive Significance of African Traditional Metaphysics

Year 2017, , 43 - 54, 30.04.2017

Onos Godwin Idjakpo

https://doi.org/10.20981/kaygi.307939

Abstract

The paper examines the issue of African metaphysics which revolves round the conception of a vital force which the Africans take as the primary unifying stuff of the universe permeating all existing being, physical, quasi-physical or spiritual. The paper finds that this unifying force is significant or dynamic. The method of analysis is conceptual. The paper concludes that in African traditional metaphysics lies a fertile source of knowledge and values exploration that are essential in a changing world.

Keywords

Metaphysics, African, Vital Force, Cognitive Significance, Spirits, Tolerance and Ethics

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