Philosophy as Higher Enlightenment: Paradigms toward a New Worldview from the Perspective of Dialectical Realism

This work is a study in integrative it contributes some paradigms toward a new worldview from the perspective of dialectical realism. Its central idea is that philosophical thinking leads to a «higher enlightenment»: illuminating the foundations of our beliefs as well as the horizon of our praxis. Hence the disparate interests of philosophical inquiry – its theoretical interest and its existential interest – find a dialectical integration here. The role of philosophy as a cultural healer is then articulated as a consequence.