The social relevance of philosophy
What is the social relevance of philosophy? Any answer to this question must involve at least three elements. First, we need to understand how philosophy has brought about social change in the past. Second, to dig into the question more deeply, we need to see how the definition of philosophy can be...
- Autores:
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Thomson, Garrett
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2009
- Institución:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Repositorio:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/28615
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/28615
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/18663/
- Palabra clave:
- Philosophy
Social Relevance
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
| Summary: | What is the social relevance of philosophy? Any answer to this question must involve at least three elements. First, we need to understand how philosophy has brought about social change in the past. Second, to dig into the question more deeply, we need to see how the definition of philosophy can be opened up. Thirdly, we need to critically examine and challenge some of the assumptions that might be hidden in the question. Once we have done all this, we can try to answer the question. |
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