Kwame Gyekye

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Kwame Gyekye (born November 10, 1939 , † April 13, 2019 in Accra ) was an important Ghanaian philosopher and thought leader in African philosophy .

Career

Gyekye initially completed his studies at the University of Ghana and later moved to Harvard University . At Harvard he was awarded a PhD in philosophy. Gyekye is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Ghana, in Legon Accra, and Visiting Professor of Philosophy and African-American Studies at Temple University in London.

bibliography

  • Philosophical relevance of Akan proverbs, in: An African Journal of Philosophy, pages 45-53, 1975
  • Akan language and the materialism thesis: a short essay on the relations between philosophy and language, Studies in Language, pp. 237-244, 1977
  • Akan concept of a person, in: International Philosophical Quarterly, pp. 277-287, 1978
  • An Essay on African Philosophical Thought: The Akan Conceptual Scheme, Cambridge University Press, 1987; revised edition Temple University Press, 1995 ISBN 1-56639-380-9
  • The Unexamined Life: Philosophy and the African Experience, Accra, Ghana Universities Press, 1988
  • Man as a moral subject: the perspective of an African philosophical anthropology, in: The Quest for Man: The Topicality of Philosophical Anthropology by Joris van Nispens & Douwe Tiemersma (Assen / Maastricht, Netherlands: VanGorcum), 1991
  • Person and Community [Ghanaian Philosophical Studies 1, The Council for Research in Values ​​and Philosophy], edited by Gyekye & Kwasi Wiredu , 1992
  • Person and Community in African Thought and Traditional political ideas and values , 1992 in the previous work
  • Aspects of African communitarian thought, The Responsive Community: Rights and Responsibilities, 1995
  • Tradition and Modernity: Philosophical Reflections on the African Experience, Oxford University Press 1997
  • Beyond Cultures: Perceiving a Common Humanity [Series: Ghanaian Philosophical Studies, III; The JB Danquah Memorial Lectures, Ser. 32], Accra 2003.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prof. Kwame Gyekye passes on ghananewsagency.org, accessed on April 30, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Gyekye, Kwame
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ghanaian author and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1939
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 2019
Place of death Accra