![]() First, we present a lucid exposition of Momoh’s theory of many-many truths, and then proceed to explicate why the theory of many-many truths is an exemplar of postmodern thinking in African philosophy. To ground the above contention, we adopt a fundamentally expository and argumentative approach. In view of this, we argue that Momoh’s of many-many truths is an exemplar of postmodern thinking in African philosophy because its core propositions have a sort of family resemblance with the position of postmodern thinkers in philosophy. The idea of the truth or a method for the truth is inherently deceptive. What exists is the projection of a context-biased theory of truth to the status of the truth by leading philosophers. Momoh’s position is that there is no absolute truth in the history of academic philosophy. Generally, Momoh’s theory is a systematic repudiation of the fundamental propositions of the founding-fathers of modern philosophy that give credence to the view that philosophy is an unbiased quest for the truth, and the Eurocentric approach to philosophy is the only legitimate approach to the truth. This claim has its éclat encapsulation in Momoh’s theory of many-many truths. In this essay, we show how Momoh blazes a trail as one of the foremost indigenous Nigerian professional philosophers that attempts to substantiate the possibility of doing African philosophy as a critical reflection of an individual on the historical and existential experiences of the African as documented in the oral and written intellectual heritage of Africa. ![]() ![]() I introduce into African philosophical discourse the universal category of consolation which supplies a panpsychist framework for exploring meaning in a tragic universe.Ĭampbell Shittu Momoh is widely known among his academic peers and protege as the first scholar in the world to obtain a PhD in African philosophy. Adopting an expository, analytical, and evaluative methodology, I show how the philosophical current of consolationism advances the philosophical trajectory Asouzu was blazing. I demonstrate that Asouzu's ibuanyidanda philosophy of complementarism is a philosophical synthesis that seeks to transcend the famous universalism-particularism divide in African philosophy. In this paper, I present and interrogate the response of the noted Nigerian philosopher, Innocent Asouzu, to the crisis of identity in African philosophy. Many notable African philosophers have responded to the challenge posed by the tremendous success of Western philosophy by philosophising in ways that seek to transcend a purely Afrocentric agenda on the one hand and an uncritical acceptance of Western philosophical methods on the other hand. African philosophy has been compelled to constantly define itself in relation to a domineering Western philosophy given the historical circumstances of colonialism and the dual heritage of the professional African philosopher, who is at once an African by cultural affiliation and a participant in Western civilisation by reason of their Western education.
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