Edwin Etieyibo

Etieyibo was born in Adeje, Delta State, Nigeria, to Samuel Etieyibo and Idolor Etieyibo. He attended Amuane Primary School (Amuane), Ethiope Primary School (Amukpe-Sapele), Okpe Grammar School (Amukpe-Sapele) and Okotie-Eboh Grammar School (Sapele).

He studied in Nigeria, Canada and South Africa. He got admission to the University of Lagos, where he graduated in 1998 with a BA (first class honours) in philosophy (with minor in English and English Literature), an MA in 2001 (cum laude) in philosophy, and an MBA in 2015 (with a research focus on management, work ethics, and motivational theories).

In 2009, Etieyibo received his PhD from the University of Alberta working on the dissertation entitled, David Gauthier’s Moral Contractarianism and the Problem of Secession. His dissertation, under the supervision of Wesley Cooper, Adam Morton and externally examined by Jan Narveson, cuts across a number of disciplines including ethics, political philosophy, economics and decision theory and presents a critical examination of Gauthier’s account of morality that links rationality with preferences explained by expected utility.

In 2013, Etieyibo enrolled for an LLB degree at the University of South Africa and graduated in 2017, writing his portfolio/research essay on law, education and rights, with the title: “School Governing Bodies, Education Departments, and the Constitutionally Guaranteed Access to Education in South Africa.”

Etieyibo sees philosophy as liberatory both in form and content. He is among scholars and philosophers promulgating the notion of Africanising philosophy and the validation of ethnophilosophy. Ethnophilosophy has been criticized and defended by some scholars in various literature discourse and critiques.{{cite journal |last1=Agada |first1=Ada |title=The Sense in which Ethno-philosophy can Remain Relevant in 21st Century African Philosophy |journal=Phronimon |year=2019 |volume=20 |doi=10.25159/2413-3086/4158 |doi-access=free }}{{cite book |first1=Franziska |last1=Dübgen |first2=Stefan |last2=Skupien |title=Paulin Hountondji: African Philosophy as Critical Universalism |date=2019 |isbn=978-3-030-01994-5 |pages=13–45 and 47–59 |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-01995-2 |s2cid=171685689 |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-01995-2 |access-date=2021-06-22 |archive-date=2021-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204404/https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-01995-2 |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |first1=Elvis |last1=Imafidon |first2=Bernard |last2=Matolino |first3=Lucky Uchenna |last3=Ogbonnaya |first4=Ada |last4=Agada |first5=Aribiah David |last5=Attoe |first6=Fainos |last6=Mangena |first7=Edwin |last7=Etieyibo |display-authors=4 |title=Are we Finished with the Ethnophilosophy Debate? A Multi-perspective Conversation |journal=Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions |date=2019 |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=111–138 |doi=10.4314/ft.v8i2.9 |s2cid=204367267 |url=https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ft/article/view/189938 |access-date=2021-06-22 |archive-date=2021-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203346/https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ft/article/view/189938 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }} Some of the most forceful critiques of ethnophilosophy come from the prominent African philosopher, Paulin Hountondji.

Etieyibo was a member of the African Philosophy Society’s international steering committee for the third biennial African Philosophy World Conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 2019.{{cite web |title=Call for Papers: The Third Biennial African Philosophy World Conference Building Africa's Future on African Philosophy |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329424126 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226213542/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329424126_Call_for_Papers_The_Third_Biennial_African_Philosophy_World_Conference_Building_Africa%27s_Future_on_African_Philosophy |archive-date=2022-02-26}}{{cite web |title=Call for Abstracts |url=https://i1.rgstatic.net/publication/329424126_Call_for_Papers_The_Third_Biennial_African_Philosophy_World_Conference_Building_Africa's_Future_on_African_Philosophy/links/5c07dc78a6fdcc494fdb469a/largepreview.png |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218184505/https://i1.rgstatic.net/publication/329424126_Call_for_Papers_The_Third_Biennial_African_Philosophy_World_Conference_Building_Africa%27s_Future_on_African_Philosophy/links/5c07dc78a6fdcc494fdb469a/largepreview.png |archive-date=2020-02-18 }}

In 2018, he presented one of the keynote addresses at the biennial conference of the International Social Ontology Society in Boston, Massachusetts.{{cite web |title=Social Ontology 2018, The 11th Biennial Collective Intentionality Conference, August 22–25, 2018, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA |url=https://isosonline.org/Social-Ontology-2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220170236/https://isosonline.org/Social-Ontology-2018 |archive-date=2019-12-20}}

He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Philosophy, the Secretary/Treasurer of the International Society for African Philosophy and Studies and the Secretary of the African Philosophy Society — an organization for which he is a co-founder.{{cite web|url=https://isapss.com/executive/|title=Executive -|access-date=2020-02-18|archive-date=2020-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218184507/https://isapss.com/executive/|url-status=live}} He has been named the Association for Research on Civil Society in Africa (AROCSA) champion of the week.{{cite web |url=https://arocsa.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806134157/https://arocsa.org/ |archive-date=2021-08-06 |title=Association for Research On Civil Society in Africa}}{{cite tweet |user=arocsafrica |number=1394939841863897090 |title=AROCSA's African Civil Society Champion of the week is Edwin Etieyibo
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#ACSC #ACSCSeries #Nigeria #SouthAfrica #professor #researcher #academic #philosophy #ethics #research #editor #journals #africanphilosophy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204202/https://twitter.com/arocsafrica/status/1394939841863897090?s=21 |archive-date=2021-06-24 }}

His interests include, social and political philosophy, applied ethics, social and global justice, philosophy for children, African philosophy, African socio-political economy, epistemology, Descartes, rights and disabilities. This has been the focus of his research works in impacting and contributions to Africanising philosophy and the philosophy curriculum in ways that respond to different traditions of philosophy, especially the African philosophical traditions (also referred to as African philosophy) consistent with the demands of intercultural philosophy.“Africanizing the Philosophy Curricula in Universities in Africa”, Art Africa Digital (Becoming African) November, 2015{{cite news |work=The Daily Vox|url=https://www.thedailyvox.co.za/xenophobia-in-south-africa-shows-disconnect-with-ubuntu-shaazia-ebrahim/|title=Xenophobia in South Africa shows a disconnect with ubuntu|first=Shaazia|last=Ebrahim|date=March 6, 2017|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-date=February 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218172036/https://www.thedailyvox.co.za/xenophobia-in-south-africa-shows-disconnect-with-ubuntu-shaazia-ebrahim/|url-status=live}}{{cite book |title=Decolonisation, Africanisation and the Philosophy Curriculum |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781138570368 |year=2018 |editor-first=Edwin E. |editor-last=Etieyibo}}

He is the co-author (with Odirin Omiegbe) of the monograph, Disabilities in Nigeria: Attitudes, Reactions, and Remediation published by Hamilton Books in 2017.

Etieyibo has written and co-authored several books as well as published in journal articles covering a number of diverse, interrelated areas such as: ethics, social and political philosophy, applied ethics, social and global justice, culture, rights and disabilities, social contract theories/and history of, African philosophy, African socio-political economy, epistemology, and Descartes.

• {{Cite book |title=Perspectives in Social Contract Theory. Council for Research in Values and Philosophy |date=2019 |publisher=Council for Research in Values & Philosophy |isbn=978-1565183315 |editor-last=Etieyibo |editor-first=Edwin E. |series=Cultural heritage and contemporary change |volume=21 |location=Washington, DC |ref=none}}
• {{Cite book |url=https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319702254 |title=Method, Substance, and the Future of African Philosophy |date=April 16, 2018 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-3-319-70225-4 |editor-last=Etieyibo |editor-first=Edwin |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-70226-1 |ref=none |access-date=December 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220170224/https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319702254 |archive-date=December 20, 2019 |via=www.palgrave.com}}
• {{Cite book |url=https://www.routledge.com/Decolonisation-Africanisation-and-the-Philosophy-Curriculum/Etieyibo/p/book/9781138570368 |title=Decolonisation, Africanisation and the Philosophy Curriculum |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781138570368 |editor-last=Etieyibo |editor-first=Edwin |location=London and New York |ref=none |access-date=2019-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803182743/https://www.routledge.com/Decolonisation-Africanisation-and-the-Philosophy-Curriculum/Etieyibo/p/book/9781138570368 |archive-date=2020-08-03}}
• {{Cite book |url=https://vernonpress.com/book/367 |title=Ka Osi Sọ Onye: African Philosophy African philosophy in the Postmodern Era |date=2018 |publisher=Vernon Press |isbn=978-1-62273-366-8 |editor-last=Etieyibo |editor-first=Edwin |location=Wilmington, DE |ref=none |editor-last2=Chimakonam |editor-first2=Jonathan O.}}
• {{Cite book |last=Etieyibo |first=Edwin |title=Disabilities in Nigeria: Attitudes, Reactions, and Remediation |date=2017 |publisher=Hamilton Books |isbn=978-0761869054 |location=Lanham, MD |ref=none}}
• {{Cite book |last1=Etieyibo |first1=Edwin |title=Disabilities in Nigeria: Attitudes, Reactions, and Remediation |last2=Omiegbe |first2=Odirin |publisher=Hamilton Books |year=2017 |isbn=978-0761869054 |ref=none}}

• {{cite book |last=Etieyibo |first=Edwin |chapter=African Proverbs |title=African Ethics: A Guide to Key Ideas |pages=31–50 |editor-first1=Jonathan O. |editor-last1=Chimakonam |editor-first2=Luis |editor-last2=Cordeiro-Rodrigues |publisher=Bloomsbury |year=2022 |ref=none}}
• {{cite book |editor-last1=Hull |editor-first1=George |chapter=African Philosophy and Nonhuman Nature |title=Debating African Philosophy: Perspectives on Identity, Decolonial Ethics and Comparative Philosophy |year=2019 |publisher=Routledge |location=London, UK |isbn=9781138344969 |pages=164–181 |last=Etieyibo |first=Edwin |ref=none}}
• {{cite book |last1=Chimakonam |first1=Jonathan O. |last2=Etieyibo |first2=Edwin |chapter=African Philosophy in the Court of Postmodernism |title=Ka Osi Sọ Onye: African Philosophy in the Postmodern Era |date=2018 |publisher=Vernon Press |location=Wilmington, DE |ref=none |isbn=978-1-62273-366-8 |pages=191–205}}
• {{cite book |last1=Etieyibo |first1=Edwin |chapter=Afri-decolonisation, Decolonisation, Africanisation and the Task of an Africanised Philosophy Curriculum |title=Decolonisation, Africanisation and the Philosophy Curriculum |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |location=London and New York |isbn=9781138570368 |pages=8–18 |ref=none}}
• {{cite book |last1=Etieyibo |first1=Edwin |chapter=Why Ought the Philosophy Curriculum in Universities in Africa be Africanised? |title=Decolonisation, Africanisation and the Philosophy Curriculum |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |location=London and New York |isbn=9781138570368 |pages=89–102 |ref=none}}
• {{cite book |last1=Etieyibo |first1=Edwin |chapter=African Philosophy in History, Context, and Contemporary Times |title=Method, Substance, and the Future of African Philosophy |date=2018 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=New York |isbn=978-3-319-70225-4 |pages=13–33 |ref=none}}
• {{cite book |last1=Etieyibo |first1=Edwin |last2=Chimakonam |first2=Jonathan O |chapter=The State of African Philosophy in Africa |title=Method, Substance, and the Future of African Philosophy |date=2018 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=New York |isbn=978-3-319-70225-4 |page=71 |ref=none}}
• {{cite book |last1=Etieyibo |first1=Edwin |last2=Oyowe |first2=Anthony Oritsegbubemi |chapter=Ubuntu and Social Contract Theory |title=Perspectives in Social Contract Theory |date=2018 |publisher=The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy |location=Washington, DC |isbn=978-1565183315 |pages=343–365 |ref=none}}
• {{cite book |last1=Etieyibo |first1=Edwin |chapter=Moral Contractarianism, Moral Skepticism, and Agreement |title=Perspectives in Social Contract Theory |date=2018 |publisher=The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy |location=Washington, DC |isbn=978-1565183315 |pages=213–230 |ref=none}}
• {{cite book |last1=Etieyibo |first1=Edwin |chapter=Between Contractualism and Contractarianism |title=Perspectives in Social Contract Theory |date=2018 |publisher=The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy |location=Washington, DC |isbn=978-1565183315 |pages=11–26 |ref=none}}

• {{Cite journal |last=Etieyibo |first=Edwin |date=December 2016 |title=Why Ought the Philosophy Curriculum in Universities in Africa be Africanized? |journal=South African Journal of Philosophy |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=404–417 |doi=10.1080/02580136.2016.1242208 |s2cid=151416682 |ref=none}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Etieyibo |first=Edwin |date=2016 |title=African Philosophy in the Eyes of the West |journal=Phronimon |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=84–103 |doi=10.17159/2413-3086/2016/117 |ref=none |doi-access=free}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Etieyibo |first=Edwin |date=2016 |title=Guest Editor's Introduction: The Task of Africanizing the Philosophy Curriculum |journal=South African Journal of Philosophy |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=377–382 |doi=10.1080/02580136.2016.1256662 |ref=none |doi-access=free}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Etieyibo |first=Edwin |date=2015 |title=Descartes and Epistemology With or Without God |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289989487 |journal=Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=65–58 |ref=none}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Etieyibo |first=Edwin |date=2014 |title=Themes in Brand Blanshard's Coherence Theory of Truth |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/293243882 |journal=Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=11–24 |ref=none}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Etieyibo |first=Edwin |date=2013 |title=Bargaining and Agreement in Gauthier's Moral Contractarianism |journal=South African Journal of Philosophy |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=221–233 |doi=10.1080/02580136.2013.837652 |s2cid=144244083 |ref=none}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Etieyibo |first=Edwin |date=2012 |title=Genetic Enhancement, Social Justice, and Welfare-oriented Patterns of Distribution |journal=Bioethics |volume=26 |issue=6 |pages=296–304 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-8519.2010.01872.x |pmid=21320142 |s2cid=42763800 |ref=none}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Etieyibo |first=Edwin |date=2011 |title=The Ethical Dimension of Ubuntu and its Relationship to Environmental Sustainability |journal=Journal of African Environmental Ethics and Values |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=116–130 |ref=none}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Etieyibo |first=Edwin |date=2011 |title=God is dead!' Nietzsche's Zarathustra and Some Reflections on Religiosity in Nigeria |journal=The Nigerian Journal of Philosophy |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=1–17 |ref=none}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Etieyibo |first=Edwin |date=2011 |title=An Outline of an Ecumenical Environmental Ethic |journal=The Trumpeter |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=47–59 |ref=none}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Etieyibo |first=Edwin |year=2011 |title=Privatization in Nigeria, Social Welfare, and the Obligation of Social Justice |journal=Journal of Economics |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=37–442011 |doi=10.1080/09765239.2011.11884935 |s2cid=158795031 |ref=none}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Etieyibo |first=E. |date=2011 |title=Political Reparationists and the Moral Case for Reparations to Africa for Colonialism |journal=Africa Insight |volume=40 |issue=4 |doi=10.4314/ai.v40i4.65927 |ref=none}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Etieyibo |first=Edwin |date=2010 |title=Cartesian Hyperbolic Doubts and the 'Painting Analogy' in the First Meditation |journal=Diametros |volume=24 |pages=45–57 |ref=none}}

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