Ethnophilosophy fails by merely venerating culture instead of justifying beliefs

Evidence

Nigerian philosopher Peter Bodunrin also discards ethnophilosophy. He judges that ethnophilosophical works are “philosophically unsatisfactory” (Bodunrin, 1981, p. 173), not because the materials on which they are based are philosophically underserving, but rather because ethnophilosophers “[do] not attempt to give a philosophical justification of the belief system or issues that arise in it.” They are simply “dogmatic in the veneration of the culture” (Bodunrin, 1981, p. 172). — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 493

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to general debates about what distinguishes philosophy proper from cultural tradition studies.