The Principles of Autotelia and Non-Arbitrariness in the Concept of Ideology Used by Francisco Miró Quesada Cantuarias
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https://doi.org/10.26439/en.lineas.generales2021.n5.5421Keywords:
principle of autotelia, principle of non-arbitrariness, principle of symmetry, ideology, praxisAbstract
The ideological approach of Peruvian philosopher Francisco Miró Quesada Cantuarias is humanist, rationalist, progressive and occidentalist. He maintains these characteristics throughout his written work; however, there is a change of perspective related to the principles on which his proposal is based. At first, he classifies his ideology as estimative, relating it to one of the principles he postulates: the autotelic, assumed as an act of faith and action; the other principle he presents is non-arbitrariness, which is linked to rational criticism. In a second moment, the autotelic principe is restated as a project, in turn emphasizing the importance of the principle of non-arbitrariness as a necessary and sufficient condition in the field of praxis. Finally, he postulates the principle of symmetry as a complement to non-arbitrariness.
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