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178 - Chike Jeffers & Lucius Outlaw: African & Africana Philosophy

178 - Chike Jeffers & Lucius Outlaw: African & Africana Philosophy

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Chike Jeffers is Associate Professor in the Department of
Philosophy at Dalhousie University, where he researches Africana
philosophy, the philosophy of race, social and political
philosophy, and ethics. Lucius Outlaw is Professor of Philosophy
Emeritus and W. Alton Jones Chair Emeritus in the Philosophy
Department at Vanderbilt University, where he researches African,
Africana, continental, social, and political philosophy. Both
Chike and Lou have written widely on African and Africana
philosophy, which form the subject of this episode. More
particularly, Robinson, Chike, and Lou discuss the origin of
Africana philosophy in the diaspora, violence in Africana
philosophy, and the role of aesthetics in the tradition. For
background, check out Lou’s article on Africana Philosophy in the
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and Chike’s work with Peter
Adamson and Jonardon Ganeri on the History of Indian and Africana
Philosophy Podcast.

History of Indian and Africana Philosophy Podcast:
https://historyofphilosophy.net/series/africana-philosophy

Africana Philosophy on the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/africana/

OUTLINE

00:00 In This Episode

00:52 Introduction

03:14 What Is Africana Philosophy?

30:16 Distinguishing African and Africana Philosophy

37:16 Violence in Africana Philosophy

01:04:44 Aesthetics and Africana Philosophy

01:28:17 Final Thoughts

Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of
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