Description
THINKING AT THE LIMIT
Book Summary
In a world where challenges and opportunities are renewed daily, "Thinking at the Limit" proposes an urgent reflection on the need to unlearn and update our academic certainties. Julián Serna Arango invites academia to periodically sacrifice its dogmas, no matter how consolidated they may be in its pedagogical practices and lexicon. Through an analysis that connects philosophy with a science that has outgrown its bounds, the author explores elusive concepts such as freedom and time, offering the reader a path to keep the future open in the face of instrumental rationality and the selfish behavior of our reptilian heritage.
What is it about?
The work starts from the premise that knowledge and established certainties must be questioned periodically so as not to stagnate. Julián Serna Arango compares this process to initiation rituals, where academia must sacrifice its truths, even those enthroned in its pedagogical practices and habitual lexicon. The author maintains that it is imperative to keep the future open, challenging basic and selfish behavior of a reptilian strain, fueled by an instrumental rationality that limits our capacity for evolution. Drawing on hints offered by a science that has outgrown its bounds, the book delves into reflections on increasingly elusive concepts, such as freedom and time, demonstrating that the universe is, in short, counterintuitive.
Main Topics
- The need to unlearn and update academic certainties.
- The critique of instrumental rationality and inherited selfish behavior.
- The philosophy of science and its relationship with elusive concepts such as freedom and time.
- The renewal of pedagogical practices and academic lexicon.
- Opening the future to face established dogmas.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at philosophers, educators, students of social sciences and humanities, and all those interested in the theory of knowledge and the philosophy of science. It is also a valuable read for professionals who seek to question established paradigms and explore new ways of thinking in a constantly changing world.
What this book contributes
- An invitation to question academic certainties and unlearn in order to move forward.
- A profound reflection on how instrumental rationality limits our capacity for evolution.
- An exploration of complex philosophical concepts (freedom, time) from a current and scientific perspective.
- Conceptual tools to keep an open mind in the face of contemporary challenges.
- An analysis that connects philosophy with the discoveries of a science that has outgrown its bounds.
Technical Data
- Author: Serna Arango, Julián
- Publisher: Anthropos Editorial
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE, HISTORY: THEORY AND METHODS, PHILOSOPHY, PHILOSOPHY AND THEORY OF EDUCATION, PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
- Collection: HUELLAS. MEMORIA Y TEXTO DE CREACION
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: April 2019
- Number of pages: 128
- Weight: 135 g
Editorial Review
"Thinking at the Limit" is a brief but dense work that invites a necessary reflection in the academic and philosophical sphere. Julián Serna Arango manages to connect classic concepts with contemporary challenges, offering a critical perspective on the rigidity of institutionalized thought. His focus on unlearning as a tool for evolution makes this a relevant text for those seeking not only to understand but also to transform their relationship with knowledge and the future.