Part I. Language 1. Descartes on Eternal Truths, Saul Kripke and Romina Padro (both City University of New York Graduate Center, USA) 2. Rebelling Against the Use of Western Languages in doing African Philosophy, Jonathan O. Chimakonam ( both University of Pretoria, South Africa) 3. The Language Question in African Philosophy: Why Conversationalism is a Viable Alternative, Chukwueloka S. Uduagwu (Conversational School Philosophy, University of Calabar, Nigeria) 4. Alterity in African and Levinasian Ethics: A Comparative Analysis, Mbih Jerome Tosam & Pius M.

Mosima (University of Bamenda, Cameroon) 5. The Social Nature of the Human Being: A Metaphysical Foundation for Akan Ethics and the Primacy of Duty in Akan Ethics and Chinese Confucian Philosophy, Robert Elliott Allinson (Soka University of America, USA) 6. Searching for a Plausible Intercultural Philosophy, Dennis Masaka (Great Zimbabwe University, South Africa) Part II. Logic 7. Wiredu contra Lewis on the Right Modal Logic, David B. Martens (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) 8. Ezumezu as a System of Logic for Postcolonial Thinking: A Critical Consideration, Victor C. A.

Nweke (University of Koblenz-Landua, Germany) 9. On the System of Three-Valued Logic: Jan Lukasiewicz and I, Jonathan O. Chimakonam (University of Pretoria, South Africa) 10. What Does it Mean that Contradiction is the Rule of Truth?, Elena Ficara (Universität Paderborn, Germany) 11. A Logic for the Natural Language Conditional, Monique Whitaker (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) 12. Formal Language and Philosophy, Ryan Nefdt (University of the Cape Town, South Africa) Part III. Metaphysics 13. What is the Essence of an Essence?: Comparing Afro-Relational and Western-Individualist Ontologies, Thaddeus Metz (University of Johannesburg, South Africa) 14.

A Process-Relational Analysis of Evil in Classical Theology and Traditional Yorùbá Theology, Emmanuel Ofuasia (Lagos State University, Nigeria) 15. Metaphysical Doctrines of the Anlo of Ghana and Process Philosophy, Adzogble Roseline Elorm (Université Clermont-Auvergne, France) 16. Embracing Nature: The Survival of Mythological Narratives Based on Naturalistic Experiences at Yoruba Communities in Brazil, Andreza Bispo dos Anjos Santos and Frederik Moreira dos Santos (both Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Brazil) 17. The Embodiment of Moral Philosophy in Ancient Africa, Rob Baum (University of Cape Town, South Africa) 18. The African Understanding of the Principle of Cause: A Case of Freewill or Determinism?, Joyline Gwara (University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe) 19. Revisiting Asouzu's Ibuanyidanda (Complementary) Metaphysical Theory in African Philosophy: Introducing Singular Complementarity, Aribiah David Attoe (University of Fort Hare, South Africa) Conclusion Index.