The national character of philosophy

Chapter 6 argues that while philosophy has a universal character, one cannot context the fact that most of the significant philosophers, even in the Western philosophical traditions, philosophized with the national conditions at heart. From Plato to Charles Taylor, we have philosophers who were not just concerned with abstract philosophical themes but how philosophical reflections affect the nationality question, and how government work better. The chapter further reinforces the implication of the national character of philosophy by investigating the implications of the category of “Spanish Philosophy,” “Canadian Pphilosophy,” etc. on the emergence and meaning of a “Nigerian Philosophy.”