Kola Abimbola

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Kola Abimbola is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Howard University, Washington DC. He is the Coordinator of the International Congress of Orisa Tradition and Culture (Orisaworld) and has contributed especially to Africana Philosophy, evidence and proof, and the philosophical understanding of the Ifa Literary Corpus.


Publications

  • Kola Abimbola (2013), “Culture and the Principles of Biomedical Ethics.” Journal of Commercial Biotechnology, Vol. 19 (3): 31-39.
  • Kola Abimbola (2012), “Reason and Proof in Forensic Evidence.” Journal of Forensic Research, S11: 006. doi:10.4172/2157-7145.S11-006.
  • Kola Abimbola (2008), “L’Influence Reelle de la Religion Traditionnelle Africaine Sur le Christianisme, L’Islam et Reciproquement”. Rencontre des Traditions Religieuses de l’Afrique avec le Christianisme, L’Islam et la Laicite: A partir des Ecrits de Leopold Sedar Senghor. (Paris: UNESCO.)
  • Kola Abimbola (2007), “Medicine and Culture: Transcultural Needs in Modern Western Societies”. The AvMA Medical and Law Journal, Volume 13(3):112-116.
  • Kola Abimbola (2006a), Yorùbá Culture: A Philosophical Account. Iroko Academic Publishers: Birmingham.Kola Abimbola
  • (2006b), “Rationality and Methodological Change: Dudley Shapere’s Conception of Scientific Development.” Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology, 10(1): 39-65.
  • Kola Abimbola (2006c), “A Critique of Methodological Naturalism.” Science in Context, 19(2): 191-213.
  • Kola Abimbola (2004a), “Yoruba Diaspora” in Ember, M, Ember, C.R. and Skoggard, I, Encyclopedia of Diasporas. Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World, (New York: Kluwer Academic Publishers.)
  • Kola Abimbola (2004b), “Review of ‘William Twining and Iain Hampsher-Monk (Eds.), Evidence and Inference in History and Law: Interdisciplinary Dialogues, Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2003.” The Modern Law Review, 67(3): 527-530.
  • Kola Abimbola (2002), “Questions and Answers: The Logic of Preliminary Fact Investigation.” The Journal of Law and Society, 29(4): 533-559.
  • Kola Abimbola (2001), “Abductive Reasoning in Law: Taxonomy and Inference to the Best Explanation.” Cardozo Law Review, 22(5&6): 1683-1689. (Also published in: M. MacCrimmon & P. Tillers, (Eds.) (2002). The Dynamics of Judicial Proof: Computation, Logic and Common Sense. Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg.)
  • Kola Abimbola (2001), “Spirituality and Applied Ethics: An African Perspective.” West Africa Review, 3(1): 1-29.
  • Kola Abimbola (1994), “God and Evil.” Philosophy Now, 8: 23-25.