Anton Wilhelm Amo

PREFACE

CHAPTER 1
LIFE AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT

CHAPTER 2
2 AMO AND THE EUROPEAN ENLIGHTENMENT
2.1 AMO AND THE SPIRIT OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT
2.2 AMO AND PIETISM

CHAPTER 3
THE PHILOSOPHICAL SYSTEM OF AMO
3.1 THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE MEANING OF THE- THING- IN-ITSELF
3.2 THE CONSTRUCTION OF PHILOSOPHY
3.3 THE METHODOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY
3.4 THE PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE
3.5 HERMENEUTICS AND THE PROBLEM OF PREJUDICE

CHAPTER 4
AMO AND MATERIALISM
4.1 THE MATERIALISTIC THOUGHT OF AMO
4.2 DUALISM OF BODY AND SOUL

CHAPTER 5
CONCLUSION: AMO AND HIS AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN POSTERITY