Language problems in African philosophy
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https://doi.org/10.5902/2179378639955Keywords:
Language, African philosophy, Essentialist, Non-essentialistAbstract
The African philosophical community has an interesting, fruitful and important debate on language. On the one hand, there are the essentialist philosophers whose main thesis is the use of native languages for teaching and philosophical practice. On the other hand, there are non-essentialist philosophers who do not oppose the use of foreign languages for teaching and philosophical practice. In this article, I present the main points of this debate from the frame projected by Fayemi and argue that the political-ideological thesis of the essentialists does not imply the metaphysical thesis of impossibility to express certain aspects of reality.
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