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  1. Defending the Decolonization Trope in Philosophy: A Reply to Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò.Abímbọ́lá Olúwafẹ́mi Emmanuel - 2021 - Southern Journal of Philosophy 60 (2):304-319.
    The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 60, Issue 2, Page 304-319, June 2022.
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  • Rethinking the Decolonization Trope in Philosophy.Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò - 2019 - Southern Journal of Philosophy 57 (S1):135-159.
    This piece takes a close look at the contributions of two very important thinkers whose works have, on the whole, framed the deployment of what I call the decolonizing trope in contemporary African philosophy: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and Kwasi Wiredu. I argue that, in light of current discussions in African life and politics and current trends in African philosophical discourse dominated by this trope, it may be time to, at least, rethink, if not abandon, the trope. The viability of a (...)
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  • Socrates’ wisdom in definition.Dylan B. Futter - 2019 - South African Journal of Philosophy 38 (4):383-391.
    Why does Socrates favour definitional speech discussion of virtue’s instances and attributes? Why does he take such a dim view of applied ethics? In this article, I criticise the received answers to these questions and offer a different view. I argue that Socrates favours definitional dialogue because it actualises knowledge that the logic of his argument shows to be essential to virtue. By leading the interlocutor to a paradoxical definition of virtue as knowledge, Socrates engenders this knowledge in his soul.
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  • A defence of Wiredu’s project of conceptual decolonisation.Mary Carman - 2016 - South African Journal of Philosophy 35 (2):235-248.
    Calls to decolonise the university and revise what we research and teach is a challenge that ought to be taken up by those working in African philosophy and philosophy in Africa, more generally. Often, the thought is that such decolonisation will involve a complete subversion, destruction or deconstruction of colonial attitudes, processes and concepts. A more moderate proposal for decolonisation of philosophy can be found, however, which is Kwasi Wiredu’s project of conceptual decolonisation. In this paper, I defend the project (...)
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  • Conceptual decolonization as an imperative in contemporary African philosophy: some personal reflections.Kwasi Wiredu - 2002 - Rue Descartes 36 (2):53-64.
    Certaines notions philosophiques dans leur splendeur paraissent s’imposer à tous en Afrique. C’est ainsi que la réalité, l’existence, l’objet, la substance, la qualité, la punition… semblent avoir une extension presque universelle. Il est question pour l’auteur de contextualiser ces notions et de décoloniser mentalement les Africains qui les utilisent sans en tirer des conséquences historiques.
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  • Decolonising Knowledge Here and Now.Veli Mitova - 2020 - Philosophical Papers 49 (2):191-212.
    The topic of epistemic decolonisation is currently the locus of lively debate both in academia and in everyday life. The aim of this piece is to isolate a few main strands in the philosophical literature on the topic, and draw some new connections amongst them through the lens of epistemic injustice. I first sketch what I take to be the core features of epistemic decolonisation. I then philosophically situate the topic. Finally, I map it in relation to key epistemic-injustice concepts (...)
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  • Kwasi Wiredu.Sanya Osha - 2023 - Journal of World Philosophies 8 (1).
    _Kwasi Wiredu was a pivotal modern African philosopher who passed on in 2022. In 2021, Barry Hallen published a monograph on this revered Ghanaian thinker that analyzes his various discursive preoccupations and conceptual development. However, Hallen seems more concerned with establishing Wiredu’s merits as an analytic philosopher than with focusing on his contributions to African philosophy as a whole. In evaluating Wiredu as a first-rate thinker_, _this essay critiques the somewhat limited focus of Hallen’s book while also offering a much (...)
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