Fidelity to western metaphysics: A challenge to authentic African existence

Abstract

In this paper, I tried to show how Western attitude to reality can be traced to the divisive exclusivist type of mind-set behind  Aristotle’s conception of the world. I gesture toward some of the severest consequences of approaching the world with such a mind-set, and how such has complicated matters in some of the major debates in African philosophy. By recourse to ibuanyidanda  or complementary philosophy, the author explores ways of addressing some of the challenges approaches of this kind present in view of resolving issues that have relevance for authentic existence.

Keywords: Aristotle, ibuanyidanda, complementary ontology, Tempelsian Damage, ihe mkpuchi anya, missing link of reality.