The Power of the Metaphysical Artifact

Obed Frausto

doi:10.5771/9781793654441

The Power of the Metaphysical Artifact

Controversies on Philosophy, Politics, and Science in Nineteenth-Century France and Mexico

1. Auflage 2023

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doi.org/10.5771/9781793654441
ISBN print: 978-1-7936-5443-4
ISBN online: 978-1-7936-5444-1
Lexington, Lanham Lexington, Lanham

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Abstract

In the nineteenth century, French and Mexican intellectuals had a common interest in providing a groundwork for educating better citizens in response to social crises. There were political and philosophical controversies regarding science and technology in this environment between spiritualists (humanists) and positivists (scientists). One of the book’s objectives is to demonstrate that political projects influenced philosophical and scientific arguments in dispute. Power and knowledge were intertwined in these controversies. Another objective of the book is to show that controversies can be seen as a dispute between two cultures between those in favor of science and technology and those in favor of philosophy and the humanities. Their constant polemics articulated a third culture based on an intertwining of power and knowledge. This articulation had an implicit dimension in which philosophy, science, and technology had to interact to enrich the political potential of the human experience of thinking. They were able to grasp a mix or a synthesis that conceptualized the power of a metaphysical artifact in which philosophy, science, and technology belong to the same culture, where politics helps invite dialogue between different cultural, religious, and political perspectives.

Schlagworte

controversies dictatorship political-scientific-philosophical third culture two cultures republicanism sciences humanities

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i–viii Preface i–viii
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
1–16 Introduction 1–16
17–24 The French Political Philosophy of Science in the Late Nineteenth Century 17–24
25–50 The Philosophical Eclecticism of Victor Cousin 25–50
51–82 The Engineers’ Paradise 51–82
83–112 The Philosophical and Political Debates of the Spiritualists, the Scientists, and the Positivists 83–112
113–118 Philosophical Debates in Mexico 113–118
119–148 The Paradise of the Physicians 119–148
149–176 The Political Spiritualism of José María Vigil and the Political and Historical Debate with Sierra 149–176
177–208 The Philosophical Debates over the Logic Textbook 177–208
209–216 Conclusion 209–216
217–232 Bibliography 217–232
233–236 Index 233–236
237–238 About the Author 237–238

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