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Philosophy
• Positivism
• Socialism
XIX
• Vitalism
century • Existentialism
• Existentialism
• Personalism
Twentie • Frankfurt School
• Itthis a theory of knowledge that maintains that the true
source of knowledge is facts, experience and
Positivism
observation: detailed, continuous, objective,
predictive and causal of these experiential
phenomena, through the application of the steps of
the scientific method (which is considered universal),
guided by analytical reason.
• It is the name given to a philosophical current, whose
primary feature is the ideal of a foundation in scientific
knowledge (without theological or metaphysical
elements), based solely on the hypothetico-deductive
analysis of empirical data from the physical world.
Positivism
- We only know what allows us to know the sciences,
and the only method of knowledge is that of the
natural sciences.
Positivism organization.
Main exponents: Claude Henry de Saint-Simon
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Vitalism
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• It properly refers to vitalism or philosophy of life .
Philosop
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Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
- The starting point of his thoughts is the criticism of the
values of European culture (philosophy, religion, morality)
The Ideal Stage of It represents the will to dominate oneself and over others.
Superman. the
rest. goals, or obligations being imposed on him. He is the creator of all value and all
• The superman does not tolerate values,
obligation; He is beyond good and evil and for him God is more than enough. The superman is the will to dominate and self-
affirmation; The superman knows well what he has to do. Everything that superman promotes is good and true.
Existentialism
Existentialism
• The main exponents are: Heidegger, Jaspers, Pieper and
German Kierkegaard
Existentialism
• The main exponents are Unamuno, Ortega y Gasset.
Italian
Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
- There is no abstract, universal, or necessary truth. There is
no scientific or rational truth.