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Conversations in Philosophy: Crossing the Boundaries
Editor: F. Ochieng’-Odhiambo, Roxanne Burton, and Ed Brandon
Date Of Publication: Aug 2008
Isbn13: 9781847186300
Isbn: 1-84718-630-0
Conversations in Philosophy: Crossing the Boundaries consists of essays that revolve around the question of the nature and meaning of philosophy, even as it demonstrates philosophy’s significance and relevance to some fundamental human problems and issues. The essays present diverse views of what philosophy might be and might aspire to be, with contributors being influenced by a wide range of philosophical approaches and traditions. The conversations also cut across disciplinary boundaries to interrogate and utilize ideas taken from ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, literary studies, cultural studies, and the sociology of science. Traversing regional boundaries, the essays show philosophical analysis at work in exploring some issues pertinent to African, Caribbean, European and American experiences, even while not ignoring Asian traditions. The collection presents interesting and intriguing views on how philosophical inquiry can illuminate various pressing problems: development, conflict, the discriminating preservation of worthwhile traditions, and the prevalence of apathy. It also reflects the vitality and multifaceted nature of philosophical discourse in grappling with live issues. Conversations in Philosophy is a comprehensive, balanced, and unique anthology of readings capturing the diversity of philosophical investigation.

F. OCHIENG’-ODHIAMBO teaches philosophy at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. His research interests include African philosophy, social-political philosophy, and logic; areas in which he has published texts, essays, book chapters, and book reviews.

ROXANNE BURTON is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. Her research interests include Caribbean philosophy, social philosophy and feminist philosophy.

ED BRANDON works in the Principal’s Office of the newly created Open Campus of the University of the West Indies, and assists in the Cave Hill Campus’ Philosophy programme. His area of research interest is philosophy for education, an area he has extensively published in.

“This fine collection admirably fulfills the promise of its title, conveying a sense of ongoing, and genuine, conversations across philosophy’s new and old disciplinary traditions. Engaging with the history and present of African philosophy in its relation to and its departures from diverse aspects of the Western tradition, showing how Caribbean philosophy defines itself with and against hitherto hegemonic divisions of philosophical practice, drawing on the resources of Anglo-American and “continental” philosophy, the essays are thoughtful, provocative, and challenging. Questions about Negritude and questions posed by third-world feminists, issues of race, gender, and colonialism, conversations between philosophy and literature, metaphysical contestations emerging from the Bantu view of time, ontologies enacted in Caribbean music, all of these, and more, animate this compelling text which injects new life into often-tired debates.”

Lorraine Code, Distinguished Research Professor Department of Philosophy York University, 4700 Keele Street Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, CANADA

"Philosophy is indeed flourishing in the Caribbean! This gem of critical reflections offers nourishment for the mind with open eyes to the situatedness of world events. The international community of philosophers and philosophically oriented theorists from a variety of disciplines here offers thought in the region in which the global dimensions of the modern world were formed and from which its reflection now proverbially demand looking forward through what has been. The Cave Hill Philosophy conversations are one of the beacons of creative reflection in the Caribbean, and this anthology stands as a hallmark of this important stage of the continued movement of Caribbean ideas."

Lewis R. Gordon, Laura H. Carnell Professor at Temple University and President of the Caribbean Philosophical Association (2003-2008. He is author of AN INTRODUCTION TO AFRICANA PHILOSOPHY (2008)

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