"Ars longa, vitta brevis"

• Autores: Robert Spaemann
• Localización: Acta Philosophica: rivista internazionale di filosofia, ISSN 1121-2179, Vol. 13, Nº 2, 2004, págs. 249-264
• Idioma: italiano
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• Resumen

  • Knowledge differs from science, and presupposes a teleological vision of reality; the desire to know, independently of all practical utility, is an anthropological constant. Modern science, by contrast, has undergone the following transformations: it does not consider reality teleologically, it aims at practical utility, it furnishes falsifiable hypotheses, and it is a collective enterprise. We must therefore inquire into the ethos of the scientist and into the problem of the relevance of research.