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The (Mal) Function of “it” in Ifeanyi Menkiti’s Normative Account of Person

by Bernard Matolino Abstract The prominent African philosopher Ifeanyi Menkiti is of the view that the African conception of personhood is decidedly communitarian. He argues, however, that although there are various ways of conceiving the communitarian concept of personhood, some of these ways are erroneous. He claims that his conception of personhood, which privileges epistemological […]