Titre du document / Document title

LA MENTE EN LA NATURALEZA. EL PROBLEMA DE LA FINALIDAD DE LO INCONSCIENTE = Mind in nature. The problem of the teleology of the unconscious

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

ECHARTE Luis E. ;

Résumé / Abstract

In this paper I study the problem of unconscious ends, firstly, comparing three alternative physicalist views expressed in the systems of Nicolai Hartmann, Daniel Dennett and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Via this comparison, I show how the phenomenological perspective of the first author brings out the deficits of Dennett's eliminativism and Teilhard's panpsychism. Secondly, however, I criticize Hartmann's thesis that ends are inaccessible events to objective knowledge, using certain arguments from Elizabeth Anscombe and Anthony Kenny. Nevertheless, I conclude that it is not possible to avoid a grade of uncertainty in the verifying of the existence of ends; this conclusion, in turns, leads me to defend a position that I call Critical Finalism.

Revue / Journal Title

Anuario filosófico   ISSN 0066-5215 

Source / Source

2008, vol. 41, n^o 2 (219 p.)  [Document : 32 p.], [Notes: ref. et notes dissem.], pp. 383-414 [32 page(s) (article)]

Langue / Language

Espagnol

Editeur / Publisher

Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, ESPAGNE  (1968) (Revue)

Mots-clés d'auteur / Author Keywords

teleology in nature ; unconscious goals ; intention-inaction ; soul ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 23708, 35400018582834.0040