Philosophy and African Philosophy: A Conceptual Analysis

On Defining African Philosophy: History, Challenges, and Perspectives

The Proper Province of Philosophy: Conceptual Analysis and Empirical Investigation

The practice of conceptual analysis has undergone a revival in recent years. Although the extent of its role in philosophy is controversial, many now accept that conceptual analysis has at least some role to play. Granting this, I consider the relevance of empirical investigation to conceptual analysis. I do so by contrasting an extreme position (anti-empirical conceptual analysis) with a more ...

Philosophy of Philosophy of Religion

Toward Decolonizing African Philosophy and Religion

Defining disease beyond conceptual analysis: an analysis of conceptual analysis in philosophy of medicine.

Conceptual analysis of health and disease is portrayed as consisting in the confrontation of a set of criteria--a "definition"--with a set of cases, called instances of either "health" or "disease." Apart from logical counter-arguments, there is no other way to refute an opponent's definition than by providing counter-cases. As resorting to intensional stipulation (stipulation of meaning) is no...