All thought within a culture expresses one aspect of universal truth.
Evidence
The philosophical question in the context of African Vitalogy is, therefore, essentially a question on life – life as expressed in a determinate culture. And it is for this reason that we affirm that every form of thought represents, in one way or another, one aspect of the truth within the conceptual universe, which goes beyond its own limits, assuming always a profound universal and necessary character. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 243
Categorization
- XREF: Holds that culturally situated philosophy is yet universally valid — a claim parallel to views that particular Bantu experience yields a general ontology, which connects to debates about whether African philosophy is particularist or universalist.