Ṣàwárí

Hallen and Sodipo's finding that the Yoruba distinction between knowing and believing is drawn in a different place from the English one, why that is a genuine philosophical result, and what it exposes about Western epistemology.

How divination functions as a diagnostic instrument and what kind of reasoning it supports, and Hallen and Sodipo's finding that Yoruba herbalists distinguish knowledge from belief by a criterion stricter than the English one.

How truth is determined in Yoruba thought and practice, the etymology and relationship of otito and ooto, Hallen and Sodipo's imo/igbagbo distinction, and the standards of evidence the tradition applies to testimony and oath.