Paulin Hountondji and the Science Question in Africa
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Philosophy/STS book reconstructing Hountondji's account of modern science in Africa, its entanglement with colonialism and the social organization of scientific knowledge; science as a social system is the object.
The book examines modern science as a social and historical system in relation to colonialism.
Philosophy/STS reconstruction of Hountondji on modern science, colonialism, and science in Africa.
Abstract
This book offers a systematic reconstruction of Paulin Hountondji’s contributions to the debate about the place of modern science on the African continent. The book shows that Hountondji develops an account of modern science that is sociologically sensitive to the entanglement between modern science and colonialism on the African continent without falling into epistemic relativism about the claims of modern science. It is argued that Hountondji’s views on modern science express a strong historical materialist influence, and that he develops a theory of science that draws both on the Hessen-Grossmann hypothesis and dependency theory. Thus, this book brings together two strands of historical materialist thought about science that have hitherto been isolated from one another. This book is of interest to scholars who specialize in African philosophy, history and philosophy of science, global philosophy, and African studies.
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- Venue
- PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)
- Topic
- African cultural and philosophical studies
- Field
- Social Sciences
- Canadian institutions
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- Funders
- Mario Einaudi Center for International StudiesYork University
- Keywords
- MaterialismRelativismPhilosophy of scienceScience studiesColonialismHistory of science
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