Kwasi Wiredu on language
Kwasi Wiredu (1931–2022) approaches language within Africana Philosophy. Conceptual decolonization means shedding undue colonial categories while judiciously using indigenous schemes such as Akan. He distinguishes democracy by consensus from majoritarian consent without consensus, and argues that theories of truth must account for ‘being so’ rather than English lexical accidents. On this page, the archive isolates English passages where that project meets language most directly—useful for searches such as “kwasi wiredu quotes on language.”
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