Publication: Humanismo, modernidad y posmodernidad. Una reflexión sobre el doble origen de la ‘modernidad’ a la luz de 'Cosmópolis' y 'Regreso a la razón' de Stephen Toulmin
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Castany Prado, Bernat
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El objetivo de este trabajo es
reflexionar acerca de las relaciones en-
tre el humanismo, la modernidad y la
posmodernidad, a partir de la exposi-
ción y el análisis de la propuesta inter-
pretativa que el filósofo de la ciencia
Stephen Toulmin realizó en dos obras
como Cosmópolis. El trasfondo de la
modernidad (1990) y Regreso a la razón
(2001). Según Toulmin, la era moderna
tuvo un primer inicio humanista, en el
que destacan autores de espíritu escép-
tico, práctico y tolerante con la diversi-
dad y la ambigüedad del mundo, como
Erasmo y Montaigne; si bien, luego, fue
arramblada por la modernidad cientifi-cista, dogmática y abstracta, inspirada
en Descartes, cuya hegemonía conti-
nental fue tal que pasó a identificarse
de forma casi exclusiva con la “moder-
nidad”. Este eclipse de los orígenes hu-
manistas del pensamiento moderno no
sólo nos impide pensar la modernidad,
sino también la posmodernidad, que
puede ser entendida como un intento
de recuperar algunas de las característi-
cas específicas del humanismo, sin que
ello suponga renunciar a todos los acier-
tos de la etapa anterior.
The objective of this work is to reflect on the relations between hu- manism, modernity and postmodernity, through the summary and commentary of the theories that the philosopher of science Stephen Toulmin carried out in two works as Cosmopolis. The back- ground of Modernity (1990) and Return to Reason (2001). According to Toulmin, the modern era had a first humanist be- ginning, in which the authors of skepti- cal and practical, such as Erasmus and Montaigne; although, then, it was re- placed by the scientificist, dogmatic and abstract modernity, inspired in Des-cartes, whose continental hegemony was so great that it became almost ex- clusively identified with "modernity". This eclipse of the Humanist origins of modern thought prevents from thinking properly about modernity and post- modernity, which can be understood as an attempt to recover some of the spe- cific characteristics of humanism, with- out renouncing the successes of ration- alist modernity
The objective of this work is to reflect on the relations between hu- manism, modernity and postmodernity, through the summary and commentary of the theories that the philosopher of science Stephen Toulmin carried out in two works as Cosmopolis. The back- ground of Modernity (1990) and Return to Reason (2001). According to Toulmin, the modern era had a first humanist be- ginning, in which the authors of skepti- cal and practical, such as Erasmus and Montaigne; although, then, it was re- placed by the scientificist, dogmatic and abstract modernity, inspired in Des-cartes, whose continental hegemony was so great that it became almost ex- clusively identified with "modernity". This eclipse of the Humanist origins of modern thought prevents from thinking properly about modernity and post- modernity, which can be understood as an attempt to recover some of the spe- cific characteristics of humanism, with- out renouncing the successes of ration- alist modernity
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