Innocent Asouzu on the Ambience of Complementary Reflection: An Analysis

Keyword : Ambience, Complementarity, Reflection, Philosophy.

Author(s) : JOHN JUSTICE NWANKWO

Abstract :

Every philosophy has a foundation. There is no philosophical speculation that philosophizes in a vacuum. The philosophy of Innocent Asouzu on the Ambience of complementary reflection dwells on the possibility of a complementary philosophy using the African worldview. This twenty-three page work (p. 95 -118 of the 2004 edition) in The Method and Principles of Complementary Reflection in and Beyond African Philosophy captures a lot about the status of African philosophy; the foundation of African philosophy, the existence of contrary realities across cultures, philosophers of complementarity, the connection between the human mind and realities in complementarity, the relation between Maat and Isfet, the relationship between the ego and the world, connection between African Metaphysics and African Epistemology, Ibu Anyi Danda speculation and complementary Reflection of African Philosophy in history. The research aims at establishing the place of complementarity in African ideology. Provoked out of the quest to enthrone African Philosophy in world speculations, this research seeks to adopt both hermeneutical and critical method. Its challenge emanates from limited reflections on this theme of study from other scholars. However, Asouzu’s discussion on the subject matter is quite elaborate that exhausting it within this limited provision is a problem in itself. However, the study seeks to utilize all possible measures, including the synthesis of some themes into new themes in order to justify its interest.

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