ISBN:
9783031361630
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 201 p. 1 illus.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2023.
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Keywords:
Philosophy, African.
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Artificial intelligence.
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Philosophy of mind.
Abstract:
i.Dedication -- ii. Acknowledgement -- iii. Preface -- Part One: Conversations on Mind, Body and Consciousness -- 1. James Tartaglia – Gyekye’s Idealist Theory of the Soul -- 2. Oladele Balogun – A Central State Materialistic Interpretation Of The Yoruba Concept Of Person: A Critique -- 3. Elvis Imafidon - Between The Demon And The Tumour: Exploring Mental Cognitive Processes And Healing As If Context Mattered -- 4. Ada Agada - The Concept Of Vital Force, Protopanpsychism, And The Mind-Body Problem -- 5. Emmanuel Ofuasia - On Human Consciousness And Cognition Of The Actual World: A Case For Skepticism -- 6. Laura Crompton - Extended Mind, Extended Agency? -- 7. Khondlo Mtshali - Dualism Without The Problem of Interaction -- 8. Clarton Fambisai - A Novel Reply to Jackson’s Knowledge Argument -- 9. Kenneth Uyi Abudu - A Critique Of Central State Materialism From An African Perspective -- 10. Aribiah Attoe – The Hard Problem of Consciousness: A Proto-phenomenal Outlook -- 11. Samuel Segun – Questioning the Validity of Equiphenomenalism as a Functionalist Theory -- 12. Nelson Osuala - Interrogating the Reasonability of Equiphenomenalism as an Explanatory Theory of Mind: A Conversation with Segun T. Samuel -- 13. Victor Nweke - The Emergence of Proto-mind and its Import for Ubuntu -- 14. Solomon Awe - Rethinking The Metaphysical Issues Of Reincarnation In Yoruba Culture: A Further Reflections On Mind-Body Dichotomy -- 15. Enyimba Maduka - Epistemological Implication Of Chimakonam’s Theory Of Sense-Phenomenalism -- 16. John Patrick Giddy - African Traditional Philosophy Of Mind And World: A Framework For The Ethical Potential Of Modern Thought -- Part Two: Conversations on Africa and some Major Themes of the Fourth Industrial Revolution -- 17. Samuel Segun – Making Afro-ethics Computational -- 18. Ojochogwu Abdul - Transhumanism, Singularity And The Meaning Of Life: An Afrofuturist Perspective -- 19. Aribiah Attoe & Amara Esther - Transhumanism, Immortality and the Communal Normative Function Theory of the Meaning of Life -- 20. Thaddeus Metz - African Reasons Why AI Should Not Maximize Utility -- 21. Diana Ofana - Can Robots Attain Personhood In African Thought? -- 22. Hailu Andebet - Robotics And The African Man -- 23. John Umezurike - The Concept of AI and Personhood in African Thought Systems -- 24. Augustine Atabor - Affective Computing And The Singularity: The Moral Relevance Of Shame In AI -- 25. Reneilwe Masuluke & Abiola Azeez – On Indigenous Design and Consumerism: 4IR in Africa -- 26. Joseph Hungwe - My Phone And The Community: Nomophobia As A Technological Reconfiguration Of African Communalism.
Abstract:
This book offers a first glimpse into contemporary African Philosophical thought, which covers issues related to the mind-body relationships, the problem of consciousness, the ethics of artificial intelligence, the meaning of life and other topics. Taking inspiration from the conversational tradition in African philosophy, this book not only engages with and takes inspiration from traditional African thought, but also engages with philosophical views outside the philosophical tradition in a bid to present a holistic understanding of the problems that are central to the book. The volume is relevant for professional African philosophers, philosophers of mind, philosophers of AI, undergraduate and postgraduate philosophy students, and African Studies scholars.
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-031-36163-0
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