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Holds a PhD in Philosophy – specialty Metaphysics and Epistemology – from the University of Dschang (2019), a Masters Degree in Philosophy from the Université Catholique d’Afrique Centrale (2012) and a Bachelor’s Degree from the St Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary (STAMS) – Bambui, affiliate of the Pontificia Universitas Urbaniana – Romae (2008). He entered STAMS in 2005, under the Diocese of Kumbo, and left in 2008. He hails from Nso in the North West Region of Cameroon.

Teaching and Research

He Lectures Philosophy at the Higher Teacher Training College of the University of Bamenda, Faculty of Arts of the same University and at the Catholic University of Cameroon (CATUC), Bamenda. His areas of interest in research include: Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Education, Philosophy of Development, Science and Religion, African Philosophy, Comparative Religions, Islamic Philosophy, Hermeneutics, Physics and Natural Theology.

Memberships

  • President of the Philosophy of Education Society of Cameroon (PESCAM) (2020 -)
  • Chief Executive Officer of the Nextgen Institute, USA and Cameroon (2020 -)
  • Member of CERCAPHI (2020 -)
  • Member of the Global Forum: Human Education in the Third Millennium (2023-)
  • Assistant editor in chief of Kheper: Revue Africaine de Metaphysique et de Morale – the African Society of Metaphysics Journal (2023 – )
  • Member of the HTTC Internal Audit and Control (2023 – )
  • Member of the HTTC Task Force for the Mini-Digital Museum (2023 – )
  • Member of the HTTC Think-Tank for the Creation and functioning of the HTTC Bulletin (2024 -)
  • Member of the HTTC Think-Tank for the Creation of a Journal of Information and Communication Technology (JICT) in HTTC

 

Publications

  • Nelson Shang, Studying Philosophy: A Bright Idea, Generis Publishing, Chisinau: 2024.
  • Valentine B. Ngalim & Nelson Shang, Critical Thinking in Education: Introduction to the Philosophy of Education, Faculty Print – Bambili, 2023.
  • Valentine B. Ngalim, Nelson Shang & Raymond T. Tanwie, EDUCATION, DIALOGUE AND CHARACTER FORMATION: Reflections on Martin Buber’s Philosophy of Education, Scholars Press, Chisinau: 2022.
  • Nelson Shang & Fomutar Stanislaus, African Metaphysics: An Introduction, Lambert Academic Publishing, Meldrum Street: 2021.
  • Nelson Shang, Metaphysics: An Introductory Exposition, Sirroland Mile 2 Nkwen B’da, 2020
  • Nelson Shang & Fr Peter Takov, Rudiments Of Ordinary Level Logic, Destiny Prints B’da, 2015
  • Nelson Shang & Jaff Justine Ransheeh Core-Course To Advanced Level Philosophy For Advanced Level Candidates, Shiloh Printers B’da, 2015

He has 17 published articles which are all online.  

  • Nelson Shang, “Africae Munus on Catholic Education as a Precious Resource for the Transmission of African Values: Creating the Bonds of Peace and Harmony in the Society” in Benedict XVI: Rethinking Africa Tasks For Today, Maurice Agbaw-Ebai & Kizito Forbi (eds.), St Augustine Press, Indianna, 2024, pp. 53 – 73. staugustine.net

 

  • Nelson Shang, “Conceptual Decolonization of The African: In Search Of A New Mentality For African Development” in Kwasi Wiredu: Thoughts, Munguci D. Etriga (ed.), Domuni Press, Toulouse: 2024, pp. 89-109. domunipress.fr

Ø  Nelson Shang, “The Concept Of Personhood In An Age Of Social Constructionism: An African Metaphysical Perspective” in Kheper: Revue Africaine de Metaphysique et de Morale, no: 1, Sens émergeant de la personne et de la Société : Les États africains en défi Revue Africaine de Métaphysique et de Morale, editions europeennes universitaires, 2023, pp. 34 -53

  • Nelson Shang, “Effective Feedback Strategies and their Implications on Learning Outcomes” in Instructor: A Multi-Disciplinary Journal of Pedagogy, Humanities and Social Studies, No. 1, Vol. 2, June 2023, 60 – 75.
  • Pius Mosima & Nelson Shang, “We Live in Paradise: Beautiful Nature in African Tradition” in Beauty in African Thought: Critical Perspectives on the Western Idea of Development, Bolaji Bataye, Mahmoud Masaeli, Louis F. Muller & Angela Roothaan (eds), Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2023, pp. 33 – 50.
  • Ankia E. Gha, Peter Takov & Nelson Shang, “The Superhuman Born out of Artificial Intelligence and Genetic Engineering: The Destruction of the Human Ontological Dignity” in Horizon: Journal of Humanity and Artificial Intelligence, 2(3), 2023, pp. 56 – 65, online at https://univerpubl.com/index.php/horizon/article/view/834
  • Shang Nelson & Fomutar Stanislaus, “Metaphysical Insights into Placide Temples’ Bantu Philosophy in the Context of Contemporary African Philosophy” in Mama Come, Ed., Revue Philosophique Bantu, No 8, June 2022, Paris, Les Editions Du Net, pp. 61 – 87.
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Ø  Dzelajei S. Basilis & Shang Nelson, “The Opposition between Realism and Non-Justificationism in Karl Popper’s Rationality of Science: In Search of the Conditions for the Growth of Knowledge” in Central Asian Journal of Literature, Philosophy and Culture, volume 3, Number 5, May 2022, pages 52-67. Online at https://cajlpc.centralasianstudies.org/index.php/CAJLPC/article/view/348

  • Banfegha Valentine Ngalim, Shang Nelson & Nyuybanla Sandrine, “Education as the Development of Human Potentialities in Maria Montessori’s “Education for a New World”, in Issoufou Soulé Mouchili Njimom, Ed., “APPROCHES PHILOSOPHIQUES ET SCIENTIFIQUES DE L’HUMAIN”, Ouverture Philosophique, L’Harmattan, September 2021, pp. 89 – 108.
  • Nelson Shang & Raymond T. Tanwie, “Martin Buber on Dialogue as the Basis of Character Formation in Education: Implications for the Cameroonian Educational System”, in BUST Journal of Contemporary Studies: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Arts, Humanities, Sciences and Social Studies, Volume 1, Number 2, April, 2021, pp. 83 – 98.
  • Nelson Shang, “ The Centrality of God in the Process Metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead: A Critique of the Post-Deistic Era”, In Journal of Art and Humanities: A Multi-Disciplinary Journal of the Faculty ofArts, The University of Bamenda, Vol. III, No. 2, September 2020, pp. 122 – 135.
  • Shang Nelson & Banfegha Valentine Ngalim, “On the Dangers of Inert Ideas in Education: Reflections on Alfred North Whitehead’s Aims of Education”, in International Journal of Case Studies, Volume 9, Issue 12, December, 2020, online at https://www.casestudiesjournal.com/Volume 9 Issue 12 Paper 6.pdf, 45-56.
  • Shang Nelson, “The Value of Metaphysics in the Post-Metaphysical Era”, in International Journal of Humanitatis Theoreticus. Vol. 4. (Issue: 2); December, 2020 online at https://www.integhumanitatis.com/product/the-value-of-metaphysics-in-the-post-metaphysical-era-by-nelson-shang-phd-2/ 53-61.
  • Shang Nelson & Siwiyni Christian Wirnkar, “The Separability or Inseparability of Metaphysics from Modern Science: Comte and Whitehead”, in Issoufou Soulé Mouchili Njimom, Ed., “SCIENCE ET POLITIQUE Réflexions sur des fondements de la dynamique culturelle contemporaine”, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2020, pp. 119-140.
  • Shang Nelson & Siwiyni Christian Wirnkar, “Science and Metaphysics: Rudolf Carnap, Alfred Jules Ayer and Martin Heidegger” in Mama Come, Ed., Revue Philosophique Bantu, No 2, Paris, Les Editions Du Net, 2020, pp. 171-192.
  • Shang Nelson, “Whitehead’s Process Metaphysics as a New Link between Science and Metaphysics”, in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development, 4 Issue 2, February 2020. Available online: www.ijtsrd.com e-ISSN:2456-6470, 242-250.
  • Shang Nelson, “Secularism and the Rise of Islamic Terrorism in Africa” in African Humanities Review, A Multi-Disciplinary Journal, 2, Number 1, January 2016, 90 – 100. Available online at www.ahrmj.edi-cad.org
  • “The Reality of Secularism in Africa and its Influence on Some African Cultural Values” in Philosophy in Culture: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Mbih J. Tosam & P. Takov (eds.), Langaa Research Publishing CIG, Bamenda 2016, 165-190. Available online at https://muse.jhu.edu/chapter/1878535/pdf