IGWEBUIKE AS THE FOUNDATION OF AFRICAN LOGIC

Abstract

The major focus of this paper is to echo or reecho the reality of African communal spirit which is made manifest in almost everything the African does. This is all about sharing of ideas, discarding unjustified ideas and bowing to superior ideas. This paper recognizes the limited nature of the individual human person and as such finds a solution in the collective human person. The logic is simple: what I cannot see, my brother may see it; what my brother and I cannot see another person may see it. This is the spirit of igwebuike. Igwebuike as a foundational structure of African logic enables the African to maintain sound, correct, objective and critical reasoning. It makes it easier for the African to evaluate arguments without bias in order to distinguish correct reasoning from incorrect reasoning. This paper strongly argues that the proper understanding and application of igwebuike philosophy will help to sharpen the thinking faculty of the African. African logic therefore, provides the African the tools and skills as a being in the African world through the focal lens of Igwebuike philosophy.