Eikasía manifesto: Philosophy at the beginning of the third millennium

Abstract

It is worth emphasizing in the age of science, when the most aberrant practices and the wildest speculations compete to claim the title of science, that philosophy is not a science, nor does it need to be to exercise its critical functions. However, it maintains an intimate and constant relationship with the sciences from its origins to the present day (historical relationship), uses the same methodological instrument, critical reason (methodical relationship) and covers the same field of human cognitive experience (systematic relationship).

In this sense, philosophy does not shy away from the postmodern discourse of delegitimization —Lyotard, Baudrillard, Vattimo, etc.—. Although philosophical solutions are legitimizing, they are not reduced to mere ideology, neither technocratic nor progressive.