An interesting trend of recent scholarship on Santayana’s thought is focused on his criticism of ... more An interesting trend of recent scholarship on Santayana’s thought is focused on his criticism of modernity and brings him together with the major figures of postmodern philosophy, especially with Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida, and Rorty. In my opinion, while the criticism of modernity certainly offers a relevant key to understand Santayana’s philosophy, it should be rooted first and foremost in some cultural and philosophical linkages that Santayana himself makes explicit throughout his writings, namely, a classical Latin author such as Lucretius, and a modern author such as Giacomo Leopardi. Answering the question in my title, it seems to me that, ultimately, Santayana is a timely/untimely philosopher, if his concepts of rationality and spirituality can be viewed and understood within the framework labeled by Michel Foucault as epimeleia heautou or cura sui.
Alcune osservazioni sul formalismo della critica della ragion pura, 2015
Kant presenta la scoperta della logica trascendentale
come un metodo di acquisizione delle conos... more Kant presenta la scoperta della logica trascendentale
come un metodo di acquisizione delle conoscenze,
contrapposto al metodo analitico della logica formale
aristotelica, che inaugura una strada aperta verso il
futuro.
Questo contributo intende sottolineare che il rifiuto del
formalismo logico da parte di Kant, dettato dall’esigenza
di superare i limiti della logica aristotelica, non
conduce peraltro a disconoscere l’importanza dei criteri
della logica formale come criteri di validazione della
conoscenza scientifica.
In particolare, prendendo in considerazione la “architettonica”
della ragion pura, che Kant presenta come
“l’arte di costruire sistemi”, e la “dottrina trascendentale
del metodo”, che Kant definisce come “la determinazione
delle condizioni formali di un sistema completo
della ragione pura”, si noterà come Kant mostri di
sottoscrivere, a suo modo, il principio di completezza
che, insieme al principio di non contraddizione, costituisce
l’asse portante della logica formale.
ABSTRACT What are italian philosophy's roots and its role in international philosophical ... more ABSTRACT What are italian philosophy's roots and its role in international philosophical field? In spite of the opinion of some italian philosophers who state there is an "italian difference" from modern age to nowadays , that is its essentially political character, my paper shows that this difference, far from being an advantage, is on the contrary an important reason of his isolation from the major themes of philosohy in the contemporary world: epistemology, language and ontology, science and ethics, and philosophy and culture.
El objetivo principal de este articulo es ilustrar el pensamiento de G. Vattimo y su relacion con... more El objetivo principal de este articulo es ilustrar el pensamiento de G. Vattimo y su relacion con el giro post filosofico de R. Rorty. El contraste entre estos dos autores permitira poner en evidencia significativas analogias y diferencias en el modo en el que ambos interpretan la crisis de la modernidad anunciada por F. Nietzsche y M. Heidegger y el analogo resultado etico-religioso de sus respectivas perspectivas hermeneuticas.
Literature and philosophy are not only the elements of a blend giving rise to original insights w... more Literature and philosophy are not only the elements of a blend giving rise to original insights within the field of literary criticism, but they are totally melted in “a personal work of art” that makes it inappropriate to distinguish between literature and philosophy. Evidence of this, are the questions that Santayana introduces at the beginning of his Three Philosophical Poets: Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe: “Are poets, at heart, in search of a philosophy? Or is philosophy in the end, nothing but poetry?”. Interpreting poets and philosophers, however, Santayana does not want to be a master of literary criticism, since he takes literary criticism and scholarship as pedantry, so that the reader may appreciate Santayana’s first-hand reading of texts and his fresh way of interpreting them. According to him, the greatest poet is able to see “things under the form of eternity”. Yet this means that he has “endless vistas” but “necessary focused” in the eye of the observer “here and now”.
This study examines the shift that John Dewey intended to bring to philosophical research in the ... more This study examines the shift that John Dewey intended to bring to philosophical research in the 1920s, a period of significant economic, social, and cultural transformation. Dewey viewed philosophy as an activity of reconstructing human knowledge and action. In particular, the study highlights Dewey’s interpretation of the development of Western philosophical thought, from its roots in the Greek world to the emergence of modern scientific thinking. According to Dewey, modern scientific thinking remained incomplete until the experimental scientific method was effectively extended and applied to the moral and social sciences as well. This was, for him, the task of the future of philosophy.
The philosophical legacy of this perspective, despite its historiographical limitations, is emphasized by showing how it has influenced contemporary philosophical debate. This legacy is evident through the work of two important late 20th century philosophers, Richard Rorty and Hilary Putnam, who can be considered heirs of Dewey’s thought. These philosophers have developed in different, indeed conflicting directions Dewey’s ideas, significantly contributing to today’s philosophical debate
An interesting trend of recent scholarship on Santayana’s thought is focused on his criticism of ... more An interesting trend of recent scholarship on Santayana’s thought is focused on his criticism of modernity and brings him together with the major figures of postmodern philosophy, especially with Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida, and Rorty. In my opinion, while the criticism of modernity certainly offers a relevant key to understand Santayana’s philosophy, it should be rooted first and foremost in some cultural and philosophical linkages that Santayana himself makes explicit throughout his writings, namely, a classical Latin author such as Lucretius, and a modern author such as Giacomo Leopardi. Answering the question in my title, it seems to me that, ultimately, Santayana is a timely/untimely philosopher, if his concepts of rationality and spirituality can be viewed and understood within the framework labeled by Michel Foucault as epimeleia heautou or cura sui.
Alcune osservazioni sul formalismo della critica della ragion pura, 2015
Kant presenta la scoperta della logica trascendentale
come un metodo di acquisizione delle conos... more Kant presenta la scoperta della logica trascendentale
come un metodo di acquisizione delle conoscenze,
contrapposto al metodo analitico della logica formale
aristotelica, che inaugura una strada aperta verso il
futuro.
Questo contributo intende sottolineare che il rifiuto del
formalismo logico da parte di Kant, dettato dall’esigenza
di superare i limiti della logica aristotelica, non
conduce peraltro a disconoscere l’importanza dei criteri
della logica formale come criteri di validazione della
conoscenza scientifica.
In particolare, prendendo in considerazione la “architettonica”
della ragion pura, che Kant presenta come
“l’arte di costruire sistemi”, e la “dottrina trascendentale
del metodo”, che Kant definisce come “la determinazione
delle condizioni formali di un sistema completo
della ragione pura”, si noterà come Kant mostri di
sottoscrivere, a suo modo, il principio di completezza
che, insieme al principio di non contraddizione, costituisce
l’asse portante della logica formale.
ABSTRACT What are italian philosophy's roots and its role in international philosophical ... more ABSTRACT What are italian philosophy's roots and its role in international philosophical field? In spite of the opinion of some italian philosophers who state there is an "italian difference" from modern age to nowadays , that is its essentially political character, my paper shows that this difference, far from being an advantage, is on the contrary an important reason of his isolation from the major themes of philosohy in the contemporary world: epistemology, language and ontology, science and ethics, and philosophy and culture.
El objetivo principal de este articulo es ilustrar el pensamiento de G. Vattimo y su relacion con... more El objetivo principal de este articulo es ilustrar el pensamiento de G. Vattimo y su relacion con el giro post filosofico de R. Rorty. El contraste entre estos dos autores permitira poner en evidencia significativas analogias y diferencias en el modo en el que ambos interpretan la crisis de la modernidad anunciada por F. Nietzsche y M. Heidegger y el analogo resultado etico-religioso de sus respectivas perspectivas hermeneuticas.
Literature and philosophy are not only the elements of a blend giving rise to original insights w... more Literature and philosophy are not only the elements of a blend giving rise to original insights within the field of literary criticism, but they are totally melted in “a personal work of art” that makes it inappropriate to distinguish between literature and philosophy. Evidence of this, are the questions that Santayana introduces at the beginning of his Three Philosophical Poets: Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe: “Are poets, at heart, in search of a philosophy? Or is philosophy in the end, nothing but poetry?”. Interpreting poets and philosophers, however, Santayana does not want to be a master of literary criticism, since he takes literary criticism and scholarship as pedantry, so that the reader may appreciate Santayana’s first-hand reading of texts and his fresh way of interpreting them. According to him, the greatest poet is able to see “things under the form of eternity”. Yet this means that he has “endless vistas” but “necessary focused” in the eye of the observer “here and now”.
This study examines the shift that John Dewey intended to bring to philosophical research in the ... more This study examines the shift that John Dewey intended to bring to philosophical research in the 1920s, a period of significant economic, social, and cultural transformation. Dewey viewed philosophy as an activity of reconstructing human knowledge and action. In particular, the study highlights Dewey’s interpretation of the development of Western philosophical thought, from its roots in the Greek world to the emergence of modern scientific thinking. According to Dewey, modern scientific thinking remained incomplete until the experimental scientific method was effectively extended and applied to the moral and social sciences as well. This was, for him, the task of the future of philosophy.
The philosophical legacy of this perspective, despite its historiographical limitations, is emphasized by showing how it has influenced contemporary philosophical debate. This legacy is evident through the work of two important late 20th century philosophers, Richard Rorty and Hilary Putnam, who can be considered heirs of Dewey’s thought. These philosophers have developed in different, indeed conflicting directions Dewey’s ideas, significantly contributing to today’s philosophical debate
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come un metodo di acquisizione delle conoscenze,
contrapposto al metodo analitico della logica formale
aristotelica, che inaugura una strada aperta verso il
futuro.
Questo contributo intende sottolineare che il rifiuto del
formalismo logico da parte di Kant, dettato dall’esigenza
di superare i limiti della logica aristotelica, non
conduce peraltro a disconoscere l’importanza dei criteri
della logica formale come criteri di validazione della
conoscenza scientifica.
In particolare, prendendo in considerazione la “architettonica”
della ragion pura, che Kant presenta come
“l’arte di costruire sistemi”, e la “dottrina trascendentale
del metodo”, che Kant definisce come “la determinazione
delle condizioni formali di un sistema completo
della ragione pura”, si noterà come Kant mostri di
sottoscrivere, a suo modo, il principio di completezza
che, insieme al principio di non contraddizione, costituisce
l’asse portante della logica formale.
Interpreting poets and philosophers, however, Santayana does not want to be a master of literary criticism, since he takes literary criticism and scholarship as pedantry, so that the reader may appreciate Santayana’s first-hand reading of texts and his fresh way of interpreting them. According to him, the greatest poet is able to see “things under the form of eternity”. Yet this means that he has “endless vistas” but “necessary focused” in the eye of the observer “here and now”.
The philosophical legacy of this perspective, despite its historiographical limitations, is emphasized by showing how it has influenced contemporary philosophical debate. This legacy is evident through the work of two important late 20th century philosophers, Richard Rorty and Hilary Putnam, who can be considered heirs of Dewey’s thought. These philosophers have developed in different, indeed conflicting directions Dewey’s ideas, significantly contributing to today’s philosophical debate
come un metodo di acquisizione delle conoscenze,
contrapposto al metodo analitico della logica formale
aristotelica, che inaugura una strada aperta verso il
futuro.
Questo contributo intende sottolineare che il rifiuto del
formalismo logico da parte di Kant, dettato dall’esigenza
di superare i limiti della logica aristotelica, non
conduce peraltro a disconoscere l’importanza dei criteri
della logica formale come criteri di validazione della
conoscenza scientifica.
In particolare, prendendo in considerazione la “architettonica”
della ragion pura, che Kant presenta come
“l’arte di costruire sistemi”, e la “dottrina trascendentale
del metodo”, che Kant definisce come “la determinazione
delle condizioni formali di un sistema completo
della ragione pura”, si noterà come Kant mostri di
sottoscrivere, a suo modo, il principio di completezza
che, insieme al principio di non contraddizione, costituisce
l’asse portante della logica formale.
Interpreting poets and philosophers, however, Santayana does not want to be a master of literary criticism, since he takes literary criticism and scholarship as pedantry, so that the reader may appreciate Santayana’s first-hand reading of texts and his fresh way of interpreting them. According to him, the greatest poet is able to see “things under the form of eternity”. Yet this means that he has “endless vistas” but “necessary focused” in the eye of the observer “here and now”.
The philosophical legacy of this perspective, despite its historiographical limitations, is emphasized by showing how it has influenced contemporary philosophical debate. This legacy is evident through the work of two important late 20th century philosophers, Richard Rorty and Hilary Putnam, who can be considered heirs of Dewey’s thought. These philosophers have developed in different, indeed conflicting directions Dewey’s ideas, significantly contributing to today’s philosophical debate