| Title | Journal | Journal Categories | Citations | Publication Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Defense of Epistemic Authoritarianism in Traditional African Cultures | Journal of Philosophical Research |
| 3 | 1998 |
| ibid., pp. 2–3. | ||||
| ibid., pp. 15–16. | ||||
| ibid., p. 62. | ||||
| ibid., p. 4. Emphases are mine, to stress that there was a rational basis for such authoritarianism, in that young people were seen as ‘epistemically inferior’. They did not have all the evidence and could not adequately examine evidence on their own. With this comment, Wiredu accepts that authoritarianism is not very pervasive with reasonable adults. |