Professional-school philosophers agreed that traditional belief systems merit study

Evidence

Bodunrin, for example, posits that the “African philosopher cannot deliberately ignore the study of the traditional belief systems of his people. Philosophical problems arise out of real life situations” (Bodunrin, 1981, p. 173); and Hountondji thinks that “there exists a considerable body of oral literature, esoteric or exoteric, the importance of which we are only beginning to suspect. We must have the patience to study it, investigate its logic, its function and its merits” (Hountondji, 1996, p. 168). — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 586

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Philosophy instruction must progress from common sense through religion to systems — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1520; Every belief system began as an individual’s critical thought before becoming tradition — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 586
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Philosophy instruction must progress from common sense through religion to systems — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1520; Every belief system began as an individual’s critical thought before becoming tradition — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 586