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The Power of the Metaphysical Artifact
Controversies on Philosophy, Politics, and Science in Nineteenth-Century France and Mexico
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2023
Summary
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.
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Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-5443-4
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-5444-1
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
238
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Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 16
The French Political Philosophy of Science in the Late Nineteenth Century No access Pages 17 - 24
The Philosophical Eclecticism of Victor Cousin No access Pages 25 - 50
The Engineers’ Paradise No access Pages 51 - 82
The Philosophical and Political Debates of the Spiritualists, the Scientists, and the Positivists No access Pages 83 - 112
Philosophical Debates in Mexico No access Pages 113 - 118
The Paradise of the Physicians No access Pages 119 - 148
The Political Spiritualism of José María Vigil and the Political and Historical Debate with Sierra No access Pages 149 - 176
The Philosophical Debates over the Logic Textbook No access Pages 177 - 208
