Practical and academic philosophy. confrontation or con-frontation?

Abstract

espanolLa confrontacion entre la filosofia academica y la filosofia practica/aplicada, pese a haberse atenuado en los ultimos anos, es aun una realidad en muchos paises. En la primera parte del articulo, incido sobre las razones de esta confrontacion, tomando como bases las tesis de Gerd Achenbach sustentadas en los anos 80 del siglo pasado. Esta parte del articulo termina con una reflexion sobre las posibles finalidades de la filosofia practica en cuanto a consultoria filosofica, abordando, bajo un punto de vista especifico, el de la confrontacion entre el poder del sistema y el poder espontaneo y libre del individuo, la cuestion de la insercion de perspectiva sociopolitica en el horizonte de la consultoria filosofica, recurriendo a autores como Heidegger, Barthes, Derrida, Adorno, Ricoeur, Rorty y Habermas. EnglishThe confrontation between academic philosophy and practical / applied philosophy, despite having eased in recent years, is still a reality in many countries. In the first part of the article, I reflect on the reasons for this confrontation, based on Gerd Achenbach’s theses sustained in the 80s of last century. This part of the paper ends with a reflection on the possible purposes of practical philosophy as philosophical counseling. The second part of my paper deepens the reflection on the purposes of philosophical counseling, taking in account a specific point of view – the confrontation between the power of a ‘system’ and the power of the spontaneous and free individual – and his treatment in authors like Heidegger, Barthes, Derrida, Adorno, Ricoeur, Rorty and Habermas. This leads to the question of the inclusion of the socio-political perspective within the horizon of philosophical counseling.