No. 9 (2018): Revista de Museología "Kóot"
Artículos

Is there philosophy or is it just a ghost with no real value? An analysis of the importance of philosophy in contemporary time

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  • Marcelino Rodolfo Rojas
Marcelino Rodolfo Rojas
Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador

Published 2018-05-31

Keywords

  • Mythical knowledge,
  • Scientific knowledge,
  • Philosophical knowledge,
  • Budgets of knowledge,
  • True knowledge,
  • Moral,
  • Ethics
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Rojas, M. R. (2018). Is there philosophy or is it just a ghost with no real value? An analysis of the importance of philosophy in contemporary time. Kóot, 9, 98-112. https://biblioteca2.utec.edu.sv/sitios/revistas_utec/index.php/koot/article/view/845

Abstract

The current article deals with the importance of philosophy for knowledge and for the practice of human life in contemporary times. It distinguishes between two aspects or topics of study in philosophy: its nature of knowledge and its importance. Xavier Zubiri ist taken as the reference of the nature of philosophy. Then, the thinking of Georg Simmel in order to infer the importance of philosophy. On one hand, Zubiri philosophy is rigorously metaphysical or philosophy of reality. On the other hand, Simmel chose to emphasize the ideas that show us some clues about the importance of philosophy. This article has been designed as a topic open to discussion and dissension.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5377/koot.v0i9.5909
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11298/439

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