The other side of the philosophy of biology: a problematization of epistemology as a disciplinary limit

Authors

  • E. Joaquín Suárez Ruíz Universidad Nacional de La Plata

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30972/nvt.0153710

Keywords:

Philosophy of biology, biological evolution, thesis of human exception, ontological discontinuity, continuist philosophy

Abstract

The objective of this article is to problematize the assumption that the philosophy of biology constitutes a discipline limited to the epistemological analysis. To this end, the characteristics of a type of parallel analysis, carried out by more and more philosophers of biology, will be deepened: that which takes biological knowledge as a starting point to analyze philosophical problems. Throughout this development, the gnoseological parallels of these two types of analysis will be contemplated, and they will be put in relation with the criticisms of the philosophical assumption of a human exceptionality, made by the french philosopher Jean-Marie Schaeffer.

Author Biography

E. Joaquín Suárez Ruíz, Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Magíster en filosofía por la Université Bordeaux-Montaigne (Francia). Licenciado en Filosofía, profesor en Comunicación Audiovisual y maestrando en Estética y Teoría de las Artes por la Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina). Ha publicado sus investigaciones en revistas especializadas, ha participado de numerosos eventos científicos nacionales e internacionales, y forma parte de proyectos de investigación de la UNLP y de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). Actualmente es becario doctoral del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET, Argentina).

Published

2019-11-15

How to Cite

Suárez Ruíz, E. J. (2019). The other side of the philosophy of biology: a problematization of epistemology as a disciplinary limit. New Itinerary, (15), 58–74. https://doi.org/10.30972/nvt.0153710

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