An essay on African philosophical thought: the Akan conceptual scheme

Preface to the Revised Edition Acknowledgments to the Revised Edition Preface to the First Edition Acknowledgments to the First Edition Guide to the Pronunciation of Akan Words Part I: The Question of Philosophy in African Culture 1. On the Denial of Traditional Thought as Philosophy 2. Philosophy and Culture Sources of African Philosophical Thought Collective and Individual Thought Language and Philosophical Thought On Defining African Philosophy: Some Proposals 3. Methodological Problems False Impressions about the Unwritten Character of African Traditional Philosophy Difficulties Besetting the Study of African Traditional Philosophy Part II: The Akan Conceptual Scheme 4. The Akan Conception of Philosophy 5. Concepts of Being and Causality God and the Other Categories of Being Causality 6. The Concept of a Person Okra (Soul) Sunsum (Spirit) Relation of Okra and Sunsum Relation of Okra (Soul) and Honam (Body) Akan Psychology and Freud Conclusion 7. Destiny, Free Will, and Responsibility Basis of Belief in Destiny Nature of the Concept Causality, Fate, Free Will, and Responsibility The Problem of Evil 8. Foundations of Religion and Morality in Akan Thought The Social and Humanistic Basis of Akan Morality 9. and Character The Akan Word for Ethics The Centrality of Character (Suban) in Akan 10. The Individual and the Social Order Communalism as a Social Theory The Tensions of Individualism 11. Philosophy, Logic, and the Akan Language The Mind-Body Problem Time Existence, Predication, and Identity The Ontological Argument Subject and Predicate Conclusions Part III: Toward an African Philosophy 12. On the Idea of African Philosophy The Need not to Generalize Common Features in African Cultures The Community of Cultural Elements and Ideas Conclusion: The Legitimacy of Talking of African Philosophy Notes Select Bibliography Name Index Subject Index