The Implications of Africa-Centered Conceptions of Time and Space for Quantitative Theorizing: Limitations of Paradigmatically-Bound Philosophical Meta-Assumptions

Authors

Nikitah O. Imani, University of Nebraska at OmahaFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-2012

Publication Title

Journal of Pan African Studies

Volume

5

Issue

4

First Page

101

Last Page

111

Abstract

“The Implications of Africa-centered Conceptions of Time and Space for Quantitative Theorizing,” looks at Eurocentric scientific conceptions of time and space, how they effect theorizing concerned with these matters, and how they are altered as one considers non- Eurocentric conceptions. For example, one might look at the assertion of circularity, holism, and continuity in contrast to linearity, disjunction, and discontinuity. The example focused on is a scholarly article focusing on constraints associated with time travel. The article deconstructs the piece as Eurocentric and re-conceptualizes it from an African-centered cultural and social perspective.

Recommended Citation

Imani, Nikitah O., "The Implications of Africa-Centered Conceptions of Time and Space for Quantitative Theorizing: Limitations of Paradigmatically-Bound Philosophical Meta-Assumptions" (2012). Black Studies Faculty Publications. 8.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/blackstudfacpub/8