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Yoruba Moral Epistemology
In Kwasi Wiredu (ed.), A Companion to African Philosophy. Oxford, UK: Blackwell. pp. 296--303 (2004)
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Ordinary language approach to Yoruba discourse used to argue that being a reliable source of accurate information has consequences for a person's character.Author's Profile
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