La vida como categoría central de la ontología natural

• Autores: Ester Rodríguez-Losada Torres
• Localización: Scientia et fides, ISSN 2300-7648, Vol. 13, Nº. 2, 2025, págs. 195-218
• Idioma: español
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  • This article addresses the philosophical and scientific challenges of defining life, centering on the concept of biological autonomy as an alternative to reductionist paradigms. Organicism emerged as a holistic framework that views life as the result of the reciprocal organization of its components. However, the article critiques the reduction of teleology to mere self-maintenance, arguing that life exhibits a tendential dynamism that transcends functional explanations. By revisiting classical teleological principles and integrating them with modern biology, it proposes a renewed understanding of life as a metaphysical category, one that reconciles functional autonomy with an orientation toward self-transcendence. This approach restores life’s ontological depth, addressing its intrinsic richness beyond organicist frameworks.