Perspectivas de la filosofía analítica en el siglo XXI

A relatively close account of the evolution of analytical philosophy shows that never enjoyed an unique methodology nor a common set of theses. In particular, if we understand that by ‘analytical philosophy’ we refer to a wider philosophical movement than the ‘ordinary language philosophy’, such lack of methodological or substantial coherence is even more evident. Then, it can be asked whether a conceptual description of analytical philosophy at the beginnings of XXI century is possible. As it is proposed, such description is only feasible under an axiological basis, that is, under the commitment with a set of scholar values that give a minimal consistency to philosophical analysis such it is practised nowadays. The nature of those values can be included, generally speaking, in the realm of the epistemological, but what is concretely contended is that it is mandatory to pay attention to its discursive and argumentative nature. This shift of focus allows to surpass the virtues and flaws of analytical philosophy in the 20 nth century and facilitates the re evaluation of its function in the 21 nth one

Perspectivas de la filosofía analítica en el siglo XXI

A relatively close account of the evolution of analytical philosophy shows that never enjoyed an unique methodology nor a common set of theses. In particular, if we understand that by ‘analytical philosophy’ we refer to a wider philosophical movement than the ‘ordinary language philosophy’, such lack of methodological or substantial coherence is even more evident. Then, it can be asked whether a conceptual description of analytical philosophy at the beginnings of XXI century is possible. As it is proposed, such description is only feasible under an axiological basis, that is, under the commitment with a set of scholar values that give a minimal consistency to philosophical analysis such it is practised nowadays. The nature of those values can be included, generally speaking, in the realm of the epistemological, but what is concretely contended is that it is mandatory to pay attention to its discursive and argumentative nature. This shift of focus allows to surpass the virtues and flaws of analytical philosophy in the 20 nth century and facilitates the re evaluation of its function in the 21 nth one

Literatura y cognición en el contexto de las nuevas humanidades: la función de la teoría cognitiva de la metáfora

La reconstrucción del estudio de la literatura en el contexto de las nuevas humanidades tiene dos facetas: 1) la incorporación de elementos procedentes de las ciencias, particularmente de las ciencias cognitivas, que doten de profundidad y rigor intelectual los análisis literarios, y 2) la orientación de dichos análisis a poner de manifiesto, ante las ciencias, la forma en que contribuyen al conocimiento de la mente humana. El trabajo que se presenta coadyuva a ese proyecto esbozando dos de sus posibles líneas. En primer lugar, ubica los puntos en que más claramente la teoría literaria puede integrar logros de las ciencias cognitivas, en particular en lo que se refiere a la función de la teoría contemporánea de la metáfora en el análisis de la poesía. En segundo lugar, desarrolla la idea de que tales logros permiten explicar la función cognitiva y social de la poesía y la forma en que esta contribuye al conocimiento de lo humano