African American Philosophers and Philosophy: An Introduction to the History, Concepts and Contemporary Issues

ISBN-13: 9781350057951 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 304 str.

Stephen Ferguson II; John McClendon III

Opis

A major new approach to understanding the philosophical themes, conceptual problems and central role of African American philosophers within contemporary philosophy.

Recenzje

This groundbreaking work introduces us to the ideas of African American (AA) who were academically trained in classical and modern philosophy. It shows the extent that philosophical reflection has been present among AA scholars, though their work has been ignored by the philosophical establishment. The chapters explore AA contributions to philosophical questions regarding: the origins of philosophy; ethics; aesthetics and the philosophy of music; philosophy of science; and the philosophy of religion. The glossary is invaluable resource. It provides a list of 103 AA's with doctorates in philosophy and related fields granted since emancipation, the institution they graduated from, and their dissertation title. This work provides a needed historical framework for AA academic philosophy. Albert Mosley, Professor of Philosophy, Smith College, USA 20190129

Spis treści

List of TablesAcknowledgementsBiographical Information on Selected African American PhilosophersIntroduction1. Through the Back Door: The Problem of History and the African American Philosopher/Philosophy2. The Problem of Philosophy: Metaphilosophical Considerations3. The Search for Values: Axiology in Ebony4. Philosophy of Science: African American Deliberations5. Mapping the Disciplinary Contours of the Philosophy of Religion: Reason, Faith, and African American Religious CultureBibliographyIndex

O autorze

Stephen C. Ferguson II is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at North Carolina State University, USA. He is co-author with John H. McClendon III of African American Philosophers and Philosophy (2019). John H. McClendon III is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University. His areas of interests include: African American philosophers and philosophical traditions; African philosophy, Marxism, philosophy of sports and the African American experience; philosophy of religion and African Americans. He is the author of the following books, Black Christology and the Quest for Authenticity: A Philosophical Appraisal (Lexington Books, 2019) Philosophy of Religion and the African American Experience: Conversations with My Christian Friends (Brill/Rodopi, 2017), C. L. R. James's Notes on Dialectics: Left-Hegelianism or Marxism-Leninism (Lexington Books, 2005) and Beyond the White Shadow: Philosophy, Sports, and the African-American Experience, which he co-authored with Dr. Stephen C. Ferguson II (Kendall Hunt, 2012). Former Co-editor of the American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Philosophy of the Black Experience, and presently Co-Editor of the African American Philosophy Series for Brill Publishers; Consulting Editor of the Journal of the American Philosophical Association, Advisory Board Member of Blackpast.Org; member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal, Cultural Logic and serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal on African Philosophy.