The Perspectivism of Ortega. Four questions for a perspectivist
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https://doi.org/10.63487/reo.300Keywords:
Ortega y Gasset, Perspective, Reality, Truth, Circumstance, Time, PerspectivismAbstract
In this paper, we analyse Ortega's perspectivism such as it is presented in his brief and seminal work “Verdad y perspectiva” (“Truth and perspective”, 1916). We raise four crucial questions for perspectivism. And we argue that Ortega suggests an adequate kind of answer, which emphasizes the temporal nature of the perspectives or points of view. Our main thesis is that perspectivism acquires substantivity as a philosophical position when the temporal character of perspectives or points of view is seriously considered. Perspectivism has reappeared with force in the contemporary philosophical outlook. In our commentaries, we connect Ortega's perspectivism with various existing approaches.
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