In this brief memoriam, I argue that Hountondji’s methodological concern over the possibility of African philosophy led him to query the very idea of philosophy as the search for universal knowledge. Hountondji’s lasting legacy thus consists, among other things, in challenging the image of Western philosophy as the repository of universal knowledge. To the contrary, philosophy will come into its own only through the critical construction of culturally and politically unrestricted discourse from different philosophical traditions.

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非洲与哲学的可能性：保林·洪通吉的思想遗产

在这篇简短的回忆录中，我认为洪通吉对非洲哲学可能性的方法论关注导致他质疑哲学作为对普遍知识的探索这一理念。因此，洪通吉的持久遗产包括挑战西方哲学作为普遍知识宝库的形象。相反，只有通过来自不同哲学传统的文化和政治上不受限制的话语的批判性建构，哲学才会发挥自己的作用。