CURRICULUM VITAE

KWASI WIREDU

PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

4202 E. FOWLER AVENUE, FAO 226

TAMPA, FL 33620

 

 

 

 

 My office phone:                     (813) 974-5916

 

 Department Office:                (813) 974-2454

 

Department FAX:                           (813)974-5914                                                                                   

 

E-MAIL:                                             kwiredu@chuma1.cas.usf.edu

 

 

    II EDUCATION

  

Institution Field of Study Degree Date

 

1.        University of Oxford                            Philosophy           B. Phil                                     1958‑60

 

2. University of Ghana Philosophy B.A. (Hons.)           1952‑58

 

3. Adisadel Sec. School                                                                                                                                                           1948‑52

    (Ghana)             

 

Details of Graduate Studies: Studied with Gilbert Ryle (my thesis supervisor), P.F. Strawson (my college tutor), and Stuart Hampshire (my special tutor).  Took the graduate degree of B. Phil. in June 1960 with three written examinations in (I) Metaphysics and Epistemology  (ii) Kant (chosen authority), and (iii) Political Philosophy  (this last comprising Philosophy of Politics, Philosophy of History, and Philosophy of Law), and with a thesis on Knowledge, Truth, and Reason.


Areas of Specialization: African Philosophy, Philosophy of Logic, Epistemology, Metaphysics.

 

Areas of Competence: Philosophy of Mind, Ethics.