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Kwasi Wiredu
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Wiredu’s account of Akan thought distinguishes forms of personhood and moral standing. Reading him alongside Gyekye reveals disagreement within a named intellectual setting.
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Guided course · Module 12 · Lesson 74
Who is speaking when a philosophy is called communal?
Gyekye and Wiredu offer their own argued interpretations of Akan personhood. Hountondji criticizes the assumption that a whole people speaks with one voice, and Oruka investigates individual reasoning in oral dialogue.