Naturaleza, leyes y práxis

Alejandro Tomasini Bassols

Resumen


The idea of nature points in two different directions. On the one hand, it stands in need of conceptual clarification; on the other, it makes us think about practical ways of dealing with it. In this paper, I criticize the view that the so called ‘laws of nature’ are descriptions of the world and I argue in favor of a normative view of them. On the other hand, I suggest a somewhat pessimistic conception with respect to the systematic destruction of nature in the present capitalist system.

 

Key Words: Nature, regularities, observations, language, knowledge, laws, science, manipulation, morality, politics, capitalism.

 


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