IGWEBUIKE AND THE LOGIC (NKA) OF AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY

Résumé

Logic is a branch of philosophy that deals with the operations of right reasoning, with the main aim of distinguishing between correct and incorrect, good and bad reasoning. With the established existence of African philosophy, there has emerged the question or problem of the existence of African logic. Having established the existence of African philosophy, this piece argues that it would be illogical to ask the question: is there an African logic? The idea of an African logic is the implication of domesticating or inculturating philosophy in Africa. It is the African logic that gives birth to the philosophy that is distinctively African. If it is established that there is a close tie between philosophy and logic, and in fact, that it is logic that makes philosophy, and secondly, if it is accepted that philosophy is culture bound, accounting for the emergence of English, German, Indian, Chinese philosophies, it then means that logic is culture bound as well. This is the basis for an argument for an African logic. In responding to the emerging questions, the Indigenous wholistic theory has been employed, which advances IGWEBUIKE as the logic of African philosophy.