Africa
Craig Clark
CLARK at SHEPFS2.UND.AC.ZA
Tue Nov 19 09:33:29 CST 1996
Don Larsson wrote:
> You definitely have a point. Anthony Appiah was on campus last year and
> provided an interesting take on these subjects. "Africa" to Appiah is
> a simulacrum--a model with no "real" referent. It might be a *necessary*
> simulacrum for some, but that doesn't make it any more real.
My significant other has just written an exam on African philosophy:
Appiah's _My Father's House_ was a prescribed text for the course.
>From what She told me about what Appiah has to say, it sounds like an
interesting read.
Craig Clark
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