Kant en la filosofía contemporánea: la impronta de un genio (Xipe Totek 115)

Karl Marx ha sido uno de los más influyentes legados sociales e intelectuales del periodo histórico conocido como modernidad, en la tradición posterior y en el examen de su vigencia para un mundo como el nuestro. (Xipe totek 113)

Trabajo/Tesis de Licenciatura del año 2012 en eltema Filosofía - Otras, Nota: 6,8 (de 7), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Instituto de Filosofía), Idioma: Español, Resumen: The main objective of this work is to build a systematization of Pierre Hadot ́s method of interpreting ancient philosophical texts. The kernel of his method is the conviction that, throughout most of the classical antiquity, philosophy was understood and lived mainly as a way of life. Hence, the first chapter introduces Hadot ́s panoramical understanding of the "phenomenon" of philosophy in antiquity and...

¿Puede la sociedad desarrollarse adecuadamente si se encuentra inmersa en la intolerancia y la superstición? ¿Qué valor tiene la palabra de la ciencia? ¿Qué cautelas debemos tomar ante las afirmaciones que se nos imponen como verdades universales? ¿Podemos seguir construyendo un proyecto vital que deje al margen los sentimientos humanos? ¿Es válida cualquier postura moral? A través de cuestiones como éstas, Hume pone en tela de juicio algunos de los supuestos más enraizados en nuestro sistema de creencias, algunos de los fundamentos de nuestra sociedad. Los textos que presentamos...

María Lugones, one of the premiere figures in feminist philosophy, has at last collected some of her most famous essays, as well as some lesser-known gems, into her first book, Pilgrimages/Peregrinajes. A deeply original essayist, Lugones writes from her own perspective as an inhabitant of a number of different "worlds." Born in Argentina but living for a number of years in the United States, she sees herself as neither quite a U.S. citizen, nor quite an Argentine. An activist against the oppression of Latino/a people by the dominant U.S. culture, she is also an academic participating in the ...

For serious yoga practitioners curious to know the ancient origins of the art, Stephen Phillips, a professional philosopher and sanskritist with a long-standing personal practice, lays out the philosophies of action, knowledge, and devotion as well as the processes of meditation, reasoning, and self-analysis that formed the basis of yoga in ancient and classical India and continue to shape it today. In discussing yoga's fundamental commitments, Phillips explores traditional teachings of hatha yoga, karma yoga, bhakti yoga, and tantra, and shows how such core concepts as self-monitoring...