Epistemic Inquiry into African(Igbo)Philosophy of Death  

作　　者：Raphael Olisa Maduabuchi Stephen Chijioke Chukwujekwu 

机构地区：[1]Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University,Igbariam Campus,Anambra State,Nigeria

出　　处：《Journal of Philosophy Study》2019年第6期362-366,共5页哲学研究（英文版）

摘　　要：This paper sought to examine Igbo philosophy of death as an essential feature for authentic human existence in Africa.Death is a mystery which defies human understanding.No wonder,existentialist philosophers conceive death as the facticity of human existence.Different cultures have undertaken to unravel the mystery of death.Hence,African nay Igbo conceives death as a transition of human beings from this physical world of the living to the world of the spirit.The invisible world of the spirit is a place where our revered ancestors live.The second burial rites are performed to gravitate the dead to ancestral world of spirit.African metaphysical assumptions of death and life after death are therefore subjected to critical examination.

关 键 词：IGBO AFRICANS ANCESTORS SPIRITUAL physical and existence 

分 类 号：O17[理学—数学]