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Scientific Rationality and Cultural Diversity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Bonaventure Mvé-Ondo*
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Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie
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Abstract

This paper examines the dynamics between scientific reason and cultural diversity by: a) analyzing the epistemic structure of ‘universalism' as conceived by science, both theoretically and through its historical determination; and b) focusing on the situation of science in Africa, presenting its limits and challenges. It calls for a coconstruction of science at an international scale, which represents a key factor of development and cultural transmission, in particular, transmission of scientific scholarship.

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