September 2023

The Quest for Self-reflective Knowledge and Practice: Is an Epistemological Blindness Relative to Time and Situation?

This article serves as both an expository and critical reflection on the fifth chapter of Boaventura De Sousa Santos's book (2014), titled “Epistemologies of the South: Justice against Epistemicide”. The fifth chapter, entitled “Toward an Epistemology of Blindness: Why the New Forms of ‘Ceremonial Adequacy’ Neither Regulate nor Emancipate” (pages 136-163), is the focus of this...

Author(s): Taye Birhanu Taressa  

October 2023

Ethics interrogating the physical sciences in an insecure society

There is no doubt that the world we live in is a world of contradictions. To a layperson, both sides appear parallel without a meeting point. However, for the critical thinker and philosopher, opposites are like two sides of a coin. Each side is necessary for the coin to have value and be used as a valuable material. Efforts are made to identify the perennial conflicts of interest between ethicists and physical...

Author(s): Terfa Kahaga Anjov  

October 2023

Religion, environment, and climate change in Kolo Creek Clan

This study examines the impact of religion, specifically African traditional religious practices, on the environment and climate change in Africa. It employs empirical, expository, and analytical methods. The objectives of this work are to critically analyze and evaluate the role of African traditional religious practices in comparison to Christianity concerning their impact on the environment and climate change in Kolo...

Author(s): Azibalua Onyagholo