The Teaching of Philosophy as a Public Asset
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2019 |
| Descripción: | The article exposes the objectives and scope of teaching philosophy program. The thesis is that philosophy is a public good. His teaching strengthens the aesthetic (social and political), epistemological (orderly, logical and consistent thinking) and ethical (democracy, coexistence and civism) student’s skills. Philosophy provides to students a relational awareness of their dimension, impact and situation in the world. It also helps to solve theoretical problems at a practical level and practical problems at a theoretical level. And to direct, to strive and analyze behaviors and individual and collective wills through processes of argumentation and study of valid knowledge and valid and universal knowledge. It is argued the value of philosophy teaching is expressed in the students like tolerance and understanding of scientific, social and political events, and in the civic aptitude to be committed to the relationship between the knowledge and moral action. There is a crisis, world decay and lack of appreciation for the philosophy teaching, nevertheless, philosophical discipline is relevant for the promotion and exercise of reasonable social practices and cognitive behavior. It is concluded that the practices for coexistence, social, environmental and democracy are enhanced by philosophy, which develop the skills and values necessary in the student for the sustainability of global governance and civility. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/31110 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/educacion/article/view/31110 |
| Palabra clave: | Teaching of Philosophy Public Assets Democracy Citizenship enseñanza de la filosofía bien público democracia ciudadanía |