![]() ![]() The thin line between the two senses of philosophy, namely, philosophy in the strict sense and in the loose sense is thereby clarified, linked and joined in a mutual relationship of bedrock provision. ![]() The philosopher also defines substance as an underlying reality, or as the substratum of all existing things. René Descartes’s 1641 Meditations on First Philosophy is perceived to mark the beginning of modern philosophy in the Western tradition, and is still carefully studied in undergraduate philosophy classes as a foundational text to this day. Aristotle defines substance as ultimate reality, since substance belongs to no other category of being, and because substance serves as the basis for every other category of being. The writer concludes that culture is philosophy of some sort or philosophy of the first order activity it provides the professional philosophers the data base on which to transcend into pure, critical philosophy. Meditations on First Philosophy, by René Descartes. The method employed in this article is hermeneutics, a method used to mid-wife philosophy from culture since it frames the dialectics between philosophy and non philosophy. In its full stretch, it focuses on whether or not there is any “philosophy” in a people’s culture and if in the affirmative, what type of philosophy it is, and how it relates to scientific or strictly academic philosophy in vogue of nearly all the academic institutions of higher learning in Africa and in many other foreign nations as well. This paper specifically examines the ontological status of any culture. ![]() Socialization, Philosophy, Civilization and CultureĪBSTRACT: Any philosophy is closely tied to and truly inseparable from culture. Culture as Philosophy of the First Order Activity ![]()
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