Philosophy, Science, Capitalism and Truth

Fascinated by the recent scientific progress, even some philosophers today claim that philosophy is dead and that natural sciences (quantum cosmology, cognitive sciences) can answer questions which were once considered a domain of metaphysics: is our universe finite? Do we have free will? etc. The e...

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Autor principal:	Slavoj Žižek
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Publicado:	University of Tabriz 2021
Materias:	science philosophy capitalism knowledge truth posthumanism Philosophy (General) B1-5802
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1ad5b7fd578d46fd9f806e02f76730c82021-11-29T06:23:04ZPhilosophy, Science, Capitalism and Truth2251-79602423-441910.22034/jpiut.2021.13837https://doaj.org/article/1ad5b7fd578d46fd9f806e02f76730c82021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://philosophy.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_13837_c1117244868aa20e1ef80fbfd6b72e7e.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2251-7960https://doaj.org/toc/2423-4419Fascinated by the recent scientific progress, even some philosophers today claim that philosophy is dead and that natural sciences (quantum cosmology, cognitive sciences) can answer questions which were once considered a domain of metaphysics: is our universe finite? Do we have free will? etc. The essay tries to problematize this claims by raising a series of questions. First, it is easy to show that modern science itself relies on a series of philosophical propositions. Second, what accounts for the role of science in our world is its link with capitalism. Third, we should distinguish between knowledge and truth: not only philosophy, other discourses (like Marxism or psychoanalysis) also practice a notion of truth which cannot be reduced to knowledge.Slavoj ŽižekUniversity of TabrizarticlesciencephilosophycapitalismknowledgetruthposthumanismPhilosophy (General)B1-5802ENFAPhilosophical Investigations, Vol 15, Iss 36, Pp 36-52 (2021)
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description	Fascinated by the recent scientific progress, even some philosophers today claim that philosophy is dead and that natural sciences (quantum cosmology, cognitive sciences) can answer questions which were once considered a domain of metaphysics: is our universe finite? Do we have free will? etc. The essay tries to problematize this claims by raising a series of questions. First, it is easy to show that modern science itself relies on a series of philosophical propositions. Second, what accounts for the role of science in our world is its link with capitalism. Third, we should distinguish between knowledge and truth: not only philosophy, other discourses (like Marxism or psychoanalysis) also practice a notion of truth which cannot be reduced to knowledge.
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