Calls for decolonization are on the rise in social and academic life, but ‘decolonization’ can mean various things. This article expounds and critically evaluates the programme of conceptual decolonization, chiefly as promulgated in relation to African philosophy by Kwasi Wiredu. The programme involves both resisting the unreflective acceptance of non-indigenous concepts and constructively utilizing indigenous conceptual resources to address philosophical questions. Examining recent objections from Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò and giving particular attention to Wiredu’s treatment of religious concepts, I concur with Wiredu that conceptual decolonization can encourage conceptual enlargement but argue that care is needed to avoid oversimplifying the non-indigenous concepts that are subjected to scrutiny.

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概念去殖民化、概念正义和宗教概念


在社会和学术生活中，对去殖民化的呼声越来越高，但“去殖民化”可以意味着各种事情。本文阐述并批判性地评估了概念去殖民化计划，主要是由 Kwasi Wiredu 根据非洲哲学颁布的。该计划既包括抵制对非土著概念的不反思性接受，又包括建设性地利用土著概念资源来解决哲学问题。研究了 Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò 最近的反对意见，并特别关注 Wiredu 对宗教概念的处理，我同意 Wiredu 的观点，即概念上的去殖民化可以鼓励概念的扩大，但认为需要注意避免过度简化受到审查的非土著概念。