Philosophy in Asia, Africa and America

The general ism of life in Asia is based on the linguistic rule of Yin and Yang elements the light and the dark, the positive and negative effect. It is a belief of balance and counter-balance and both have their opportunities and threats( ism Yin and Yang vs. Good and Evil, 2007). The Taoism principle of Way to happiness, the Buddhism philosophy that values love, wisdom, goodness, calm, and self-control in order to finale worldly sufferings by following the Eightfold path and Confucius social write in code of behavior.People base their lifestyle on luck, souls and spirits, reincarnation, the Nirvana and m some(prenominal) other(a)s. These ar the study religions of Asia and of the world that until now are still untainted. Western philosophy, which includes Europe, Canada, and U. S. A. , is based on Christianity, a religion with fundagenials of Good vs. Evil. This forms strong approach of rights and wrongs.Under any condition an individuals action is based on ethical motive ei ther morally right or morally wrong ( philosophical system Yin and Yang vs. Good and Evil, 2007). From the rationalism and empiricism, to politicism, determinism, collectivism (which human rights derived) and scientism which claim that science is the unless knowledge which is exact and ultimate. Basically, there are four trends that can be regarded as the foundation of African Contemporary Philosophy in our cede times.These trends are Ethnophilosophy (based on the myths, folk-wisdom and the proverbs of the people), Philosophic Sagacity (a reflection of a person who is acknowledged both as a sage and a thinker), Nationalist-ideological Philosophy (aims at seeking a true and a meaningful independence for African people that can be attained by mental liberation and a return to genuine traditional African humanism wherever it is possible) and Professional Philosophy (consists of criticism and argument, which to them, are the essential characteristics and conditions for any form of k nowledge to be judged as philosophy).Nowadays, African intellectuals work with other scholars out(p)side Africa to carry out the works in African philosophy wherein, modern system of education are strongly influenced by the European countries and among those important political African thinkers influenced by western philosophy are Kwame Nkrumah, Kenneth Kaunda and Julius Nyerere. Ngritude and pan-Africanism are considered the two most important philosophical interests out of all the intellectual movements in Africa in the twentieth century (Emagalit).