The problem is not in scholarship or ideas about philosophy. The real problem is in discriminating between these positions. For me the real liberation was the discovery of the philosophical writings of Bernard Lonergan, especially Insight , with which I already had a nodding acquaintance. I started tentatively to translate the broad lines of his approach into teaching practice. The reaction of students has been encouraging.
Philosophy is intercultural because it is founded on the basic structure of the human mind.
It is integral because it must and does include everything. Philosophy relates to the particular sciences in a manner of complementarity not of opposition. Within your own mind you discover the norms and sanctions to distinguish what is true from what is false. My inspiration was a desire to make this approach available to more students and teachers. Many are familiar with Lonergan's work but find it difficult to understand and even more so to teach.