Logic of Truth and Predication in Igbo Epistemology

The concept of truth in African philosophy is an intrinsic reality whose structural and ontological manifestation exhibits the ontology and physical manifestation of falsehood. This is provable by the method of IP (Indirect Proof) as in modem logic and can be called shadow concept or inclusive disjunction equivalent to that in modern logic. In Igbo thought, truth is equivalent to the concept of permanence while the concept of falsehood is equivalent to change or impermanence, although there is a sense in which falsehood implies possibility of truth, in which the dynamic of falsehood is a dialectical change, a progression to the unfolding truth, the absolute perfect spirit underlying every history, be it that of people, science, philosophy and objects. Hence truth telling cultures have the attribute of a scientific and critical high social order while a lie telling culture will be consistent with an underdeveloped, chaotic social order. Truth telling is a sustainable culture and epistemology in Igbo society, a major ethnic group in Nigeria and West Africa, and therefore should be advocated for Igbo sustainable development goals.