Abstract
Based on elements of classical philosophy, the British common sense and the Frankfurt School, the author proposes a critically guided common sense, which could be used to evaluate historical tendencies and specially the modernization efforts in the Third World. It rejects the pretensions of truth of rationalist theories and also the epistemic and ethic relativism. Avoiding extremes, this theorem rejects the existence of obligatory laws and periods of historical development is one of these extremes; the other one is the position which states that cultural models are incomparable and unmeasurable. It is reasonable, for instance, to take a middle line between universalism and particularism and also to reach a fruitful synthesis between both currents.
Highlights
Abstract.- Based on elements of classical philosophy, the British common sense and the Frankfurt School, the author proposes a critically guided common sense, which could be used to evaluate historical tendencies and specially the modernization efforts in the Third World
It rejects the pretensions of truth of rationalist theories and the epistemic and ethic relativism
This theorem rejects the existence of obligatory laws and periods of historical development is one of these extremes; the other one is the position which states that cultural models are incomparable and unmeasurable
Summary
Una aproximación más adecuada a esta importante temática es, por ejemplo, la intentada por Hans Küng, quien mediante su extensa obra ha tratado de utilizar de manera fructífera los aspectos religiosos y las reflexiones teológicas para aclarar problemas sociales y políticos. Una visión sólo analítico-descriptiva, por más exacta y aguda que sea, no llega a formular una aproximación fructífera a estas preguntas, como tampoco el impulso universalista del racionalismo y la Ilustración llega a comprender el valor intrínseco de las culturas particulares, una de cuyas funciones más relevantes es brindar una identidad propia e inconfundible a sus miembros
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