Metaphilosophical Pluralism and Paraconsistency: From Orientative To Mu

Philosophical MethodologyMetaphilosophical Pluralism and Paraconsistency From Orientative To Multi-level PluralismM.E. Orellana Benado, Andrs Bobenrieth, Carlos VerdugoUniversidad de ValparasoABSTRACT In a famous passage, Kant claimed that arguing and the lack of agreement in metaphysics here understood as school of thought as a whole was a scandal. Attempting to activate his critique of pure reason, a project aimed at both ending the scandal and setting school of thought on the secure path of science, Kant endorsed the view that for as long as disagreement reigned sovereign in philosophy, there would be little to be learned from it as a science. The success of philosophy begins when controversy ends and culminates when the discipline itself as it has been known disappears. On the other hand, particularly in the second half of the twentieth century, many have despaired of the very possibility of philosophy constituting the search for truth, that is to say, a cognitive human act ivity, and constituting thus a source of knowledge. This paper seeks to sketch a research program that is motivated by an lore that opposes both of these views. Section 0.0 IntroductionIn the West, human beings have been doing philosophy for roughly 2,500 years. Eastern traditions are, perhaps, even older. What can we learn about philosophy itself by means of this experience and practice? This is the initial question of metaphilosophy, the body of discourse that collects and articulates our observations and reflections about philosophy as a human activity. Answers to it are essential in locate to address the further issue of what contribution, if any, philosophy has made, or can be hoped to make, toward the education of humanity. For, to be sure... ...its set of well-formed formulas.(15) Wang, Hao Beyond Analytic Philosophy (Cambridge M.A., capital of the United Kingdom MIT Press, 1988) p. 10.(16) For another view that, together with those of Rescher and Wang, restricts the scop e of metaphilosophy to philosophy see Double, Richard Metaphilosophy and Free Will (Oxford Oxford University Press 1995). For an example of a discussion that falls within the institutions of philosophy component see Mandt, A.J. The inevitability of pluralism philosophical practice and philosophical excellence in Cohen, A./ Dascal, M. (eds) The institution of philosophy (La Salle Open Court, 1991), pp 77-101.(17) The authors acknowledge with gratitude the generous support provided by Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cientfico y Tecnolgico (Chile) to the research project here outlined as well as the confidence and comments of two anonymous referees.