Is There an Igbo-African Logic?

Ogugua Paul Ikechukwu, Ogugua Ifunanya Clara

Department of Philosophy, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.

DOI: 10.4236/ojpp.2015.54031                

Abstract

This paper is not concerned with the possibility of Igbo-African Logic, it asserts that there is. It emphasizes that there could not be comprehension an understanding of relations and meaning respectively without logic. The paper goes on to capture what the nature of Igbo-African Logic is.

Keywords

Philosophy, Ontology, Logic, Language, Igbo, African

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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