¿Qué es la filosofía? Respuesta crítica al materialismo de Gustavo Bueno

Abstract

Gustavo Bueno tried to define philosophy in two works that have marked his system for more than four decades: El papel de la filosofia en el conjunto del saber (1970) y ?Que es la filosofia? (1995). I present a global critique of his definition, which I consider to be incomplete, and I propose to expand his definition and to redefine it under a new scale. I maintain that his “philosophy of philosophy” focuses on “substantial” facts (“Geometry of Ideas”), forgetting its “modal” components (philosophy as an activity or way of life). It would have led him to a vision of philosophy as a “specialty”, at the sacrifice of its “imperative” moment, impossible to assimilate by any concrete “knowledge” or “workshop”. It also would help to explain the rationality of classical definitions of philosophy.