Ortega y Gasset y la crítica de la razón científica

Abstract

This article analyses the conception of science in Ortega y Gasset’s thought in terms of his metaphysical foundation of life as radical reality. Thus, the critique of scientific reason encompasses three interconnected areas: a) Science-philosophy: the change in the conception of Being as a new object of science and philosophy. b) Science-history: the historical implications of science as a foundational belief of modern reason. c) Science-symbol: the symbolic function of science as a theoretical interpretation of the human circumstance. These three types of reflection converge on the same interest: to analyze the philosophical implications that the belief in scientific reason has had in the structure of human life.