Seminar
Monday, February 19, 2024, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Speaker
This paper explores the rationality of belief in ancestral existence in African philosophical thinking. By ancestral existence I mean the post-mortem existence of biologically deceased persons within the confines of the natural world. I discuss and ultimately reject Tony Oyowe's socio-ontological account of ancestors as 'soft persons' before sketching a possible alternative of mind-independence ancestral existence that draws an analogy between non-embodied being and consciousness.
Please note that this is a pre-read seminar. To receive a copy of the paper, please email polemo@ceu.edu
Zoom link - https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/95706833579?pwd=VHFZS3B2Q2tSTjRscGIvUDNJQU1jZ…