PLS1502 Assignment 3 Second semester 2020

PLS1501 (SEMESTER 2) 2020

ASSIGNMENT 3

Unique number 873737



QUESTION



Question 1

Which academic department at Unisa offers the module ‘introduction to African philosophy’?

1 African History department
2 Department of Jurisprudence
3 African philosophy
4 Philosophy, practical and Systematic Theology department


Question 2

What is the name of the tutorial letter that contains information about your assignments?

1 Tutorial Letter 501
2 Tutorial Letter 301
3 Tutorial Letter 101
4 Tutorial Letter 201

Question 3

In the study guide it is stated that the question, ‘Can there be an African philosophy?’ is an
ontological, rather than an empirical question. This implies that:

1 The question is affirming the existence of African philosophy
2 The questioner prefers the Study of Ontology to African philosophy
3 The questioner is proposing the destruction of African philosophy
4 The questioner doubts if Africans have a rational capacity to do philosophy

Question 4

How many factors does Osuagwu identify for consideration in the definition of an African
philosophers?

1 Four
2 Two
3 Five
4 Six

Question 5

Ali Mazrui distinguishes between African of the blood of the soil. He then defines the former group
in terms of :