Invitation to University of Pretoria Philosophy Seminar Series, November Edition

[Jonathan Okeke]

Dear Colleagues,

You are invited to the November edition of the UP Philosophy Seminar Series.

Topic: Conversational Thinking as Social Philosophy

By Dr L. Uchenna Ogbonnaya, University of Pretoria

Abstract: Conversational thinking is a philosophical system with methodological and doctrinal orientations. Its methodological component can be employed to address existential-phenomenological issues confronting humanity. The doctrinal ambience of the system can be teased out into epistemological, logical, metaphysical, and axiological theories. In this paper, I situate conversational thinking as a doctrine within the area of philosophy known as social philosophy. I ground my position by arguing that 1.) the conversational (arumaristic) relationship that ensues between nwa-nsa and nwa-nju in nwa-izugbe is a social relationship and 2.) the existential-phenomenological issues such as gender, identity relations, politics, race, religion, xenophobia, etc that conversational thinking addresses are social issues. Thus, I will go about my task by discussing conversational thinking as a method and philosophy with an insight into social philosophy. I will demonstrate how conversational thinking is social philosophy by addressing selected social issues such as ethnicity, gender, political polity, race, religion and xenophobia. Finally, I will conclude by pointing out how the two conversational agents (nwa-nsa and nwa-nju) function as social agents in society (nwa-izugbe [the conversational point]), and the significance of this type of conversational analysis of social issues.

Date:                      Tuesday, Nov 30 2021

Time:                     14: 00 SAST/ 13:00 WAT  

Registration: ZOOM:  https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYscu6gqTopHdcwUJSk55hp5eBG3VD1WNLu

Please, click the link to register.

 

The UP Philosophy Seminar series offers researchers the platform to present their original ideas and theories to ignite academic debates. To present your own world-shaking ideas, please write to us attaching a short abstract of 200 words max that speak to any aspect of your research that reflects thinking as a deep, critical, creative and, more importantly, imaginative endeavour.

Contact: JO Chimakonam, jonatha...@up.ac.za

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Jonathan O Chimakonam

Department of Philosophy

University of Pretoria

My latest book: Logic and African Philosophy: Seminal Essays on African Systems of Thought (Vernon Press, 2020)

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