Yoruba Ifa philosophy contains metaphysical elements matching Western logical positivism

Evidence

With today’s knowledge we appreciate, especially through Sophie Olúwolé, that the Yoruba philosophy of Ifa Corpus includes elements compatible with metaphysics, proving that there is both African and Western logical positivism or epistemology. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 1027

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Yoruba Ifa Corpus contains elements compatible with metaphysics; Bantu philosophy is compatible with Western ontology despite different starting points — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 194; Tempels aimed to systematize Bantu ontology using Western philosophical categories. (+4 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The Yoruba Ifa Corpus contains elements compatible with metaphysics; Bantu philosophy is compatible with Western ontology despite different starting points — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 194; Tempels aimed to systematize Bantu ontology using Western philosophical categories. (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Positivist philosophy imposes an empirical a priori that cannot be transcended #complicates (0.77) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 671
• Logical positivism began as an egalitarian political and social program #complicates (0.74) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 59