Kwasi Wiredu

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkb:philosopher
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_College_London
gptkb:University_of_Ghana
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Kumasi,_Ghana
gptkbp:dateOfBirth 1931
gptkbp:dateOfDeath 2022
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Tampa,_Florida,_USA
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Ghana
gptkb:University_of_South_Florida
gptkbp:field gptkb:philosophy
metaphysics
philosophy of language
African philosophy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kwasi Wiredu
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Kwame_Gyekye
African philosophy
Odera Oruka
Paulin Hountondji
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Gilbert_Ryle
gptkb:Peter_Strawson
gptkb:John_Wisdom
African traditional thought
gptkbp:knownFor critique of ethnophilosophy
conceptual decolonization
work on Akan philosophy
gptkbp:language gptkb:Akan
English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:African_Studies_Association
International Society for African Philosophy and Studies
gptkbp:nationality Ghanaian
gptkbp:notableWork Conceptual Decolonization in African Philosophy
Philosophy and an African Culture
Cultural Universals and Particulars: An African Perspective
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:academic
gptkb:philosopher
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kwame_Gyekye
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7