Academic vitalogists critically re-examine everyday life to translate tradition cross-culturally

Evidence

The second group is denominated by academic thinkers or philosophers and vitalogists. These thinkers have also lived within tradition and know their culture very well, but they desire to formulate its content in intellectual terms with the aim of accurately communicating the truth and values embedded in the tradition to other people, especially of other cultures. In order to do this, it is necessary to resort to institutions where a wide variety of knowledge is available. The fact on which such academic activities are based is still everyday life, but that life is put under a critical examination. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 321

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the second category — academic thinkers — in contrast to natural custodians.