全球化的趨勢，讓不少學術研究，無論是人文或是自然科學學門，都試圖從「跨越文化」（transcultural）或是「文化間際」（intercultural）等角度探究或連接各式各樣的問題。但是實踐連接文化的概念的之前或同時，我們是否需要考慮一些文化之間的先前條件愈結構性問題？何謂「跨越」文化、如何「連接」在不同哲學文化所形成的概念，等問題，將是此文章的探索主題。 本文將從德語系探究文化的哲學家，例如Heinz Kimmerle、Ram Adhar Mall、Elmar Holenstein 與 Franz Martin Wimmer 等學者的論述，整理他們對西方哲學「歐洲中心主義」批判，並爬梳殖民主義對哲學歷史發展的影響。同時從「文化間際」觀點，反思哲學整體「方向」（Orientierung）的問題，探討文化間際哲學如何系統化地，通過「有與無歸屬地」（orthafte Ortlosigkeit）特色與「多重對話」（Polylog）等文化間際概念，討論、重構哲學的問題、融合哲學文化與哲學歷史傳統的差異。
Due to globalization, many academic disciplines in both humanities and natural science are attempting to explore or connect a wide range of problems from transcultural or intercultural perspectives. In order to put the intercultural concept into practice, we need to consider questions concerning the preconditions and structures of interculturality. The main objective of this paper is to investigate the meaning of "going beyond" or " inter-connecting" philosophical concepts that are derived from different philosophical cultures. This paper will inquire into theories developed by German intercultural philosophers, such as Heinz Kimmerle, Ram Adhar Mall, Elmar Holenstein and Franz Martin Wimmer, illuminate their criticism of the Eurocentric character of Western philosophy and discuss the influence of colonialism with regards to the historical development of philosophy. This paper will also reflect the orientation of philosophy from an intercultural perspective and explore how intercultural philosophy could systematically, with the help of concepts like 'orthafte Ortlosigkeit' and 'polylogues,' discuss and reconstruct general philosophical question while simultaneously integrating the differences between philosophical cultures and traditions.
