In 2019, Jonathan Chimakonam offered his ground-breaking and intellectually provoking work on African logic, Ezumezu: A System of Logic for African Philosophy and Studies. The fundamental aim of this publication is to showcase an Africa-inspired logic system that can mediate thought, theory, and method for Africa and which is viable in other climes as well. By this, the author seeks to propose an alternative logic system that is universal but not absolute. From early on in the work, Chimakonam helps his readers understand this: “My conception of African logic is in terms of logic relativity rather than logic relativism. Logic relativity further allows us to contrast African logic with say Western logic. Both may be relative and universalisable but their application of rules of reasoning may have some nuances” (p. 47).

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Ezumezu：非洲哲学和研究的逻辑系统

2019 年，乔纳森·奇马科南 (Jonathan Chimakonam) 提供了他关于非洲逻辑的开创性和发人深省的作品，Ezumezu：非洲哲学和研究的逻辑系统。本出版物的基本目的是展示一个受非洲启发的逻辑系统，该系统可以调解非洲的思想、理论和方法，并且在其他地区也是可行的。借此，作者试图提出一种通用但非绝对的替代逻辑系统。从作品的早期开始，Chimakonam 就帮助他的读者理解这一点：“我对非洲逻辑的概念是基于逻辑相对论而不是逻辑相对主义。逻辑相对论进一步使我们能够将非洲逻辑与西方逻辑进行对比。两者都可能是相对的和普遍的，但它们对推理规则的应用可能有一些细微差别”（第 47 页）。