A Philosophical Appraisal of Frantz Fanon’s Notion of Humanism in the Age of Globalisation

Abstract

Epicurean epistemology is the foundation of its philosophy, but scholarship has ignored discussing it in favour of its ethics. This study seeks to examine Epicureanism not as a primarily ethical philosophy but rather as a philosophy built upon a unique epistemological system, especially their claim that the senses cannot be rebutted. It has theoretical and practical importance. The scope of this paper is the concept of atoms and the senses, which cannot be rebutted as claims in Epicureanism. The expository and analytic methods are employed to establish that the senses work and have the ability to infer information based upon experience; it is the mind, not the senses, that is being deceived; the mind needs to be trained to avoid deception. This epistemic knowledge paves the way for epicurean ethics.