Undoubtedly, the discipline of nursing has been influenced extensively by both Western and Eastern/Asian philosophies. What remains unknown or, perhaps, poorly articulated is the potential influence of African philosophy on the onto-epistemology of nursing. As a starting point, this article sought to examine the core claims of African philosophy and how they may offer new meanings to the metaparadigm domains of interest in the discipline of nursing. At the core of African philosophy is the notion of personhood (which is distinguished from what it means to be a human being), community, solidarity, and relationality. A major claim of African philosophy is the notion that ‘a person is a person through persons’ which may mean that nursing will be relevant from the African philosophical perspective if it is able to attain this. Health and illness from the African philosophical perspective are defined relationally which shifts attention from the biomedical framework to holism and relational care. The sick ‘person’ is also distinguished from the sick ‘human being’ which has the potential of leading to exclusion from the African philosophical viewpoint. Put together, the African philosophical stance potentially extends the meaning of the metaparadigm domains of interest to the discipline of nursing which warrants further exploration.

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非洲哲学和护理：潜在的孪生兄弟会相遇吗？

毫无疑问，护理学科受到西方和东方/亚洲哲学的广泛影响。非洲哲学对护理本体认识论的潜在影响仍然未知，或者可能没有明确阐明。作为起点，本文试图研究非洲哲学的核心主张，以及它们如何为护理学科感兴趣的元范式领域提供新的含义。非洲哲学的核心是人格（与人类的含义不同）、共同体、团结和关系的概念。非洲哲学的一个主要主张是“人通过人而成为人”的概念，这可能意味着如果能够实现这一点，从非洲哲学的角度来看，护理将是相关的。从非洲哲学角度来看，健康和疾病是相关定义的，这将注意力从生物医学框架转移到整体论和关系护理。病人的“人”也有别于病人的“人类”，这有可能导致非洲哲学观点的排斥。总而言之，非洲哲学立场有可能将元范式感兴趣领域的含义扩展到护理学科，这值得进一步探索。