The Physical Universe and the Theoretical Value of Science:Reflections on the Thought of ***
作者机构:University of UrbinoUrbinoItaly University of SienaSienaItaly
出 版 物:《Journal of Philosophy Study》 (哲学研究(英文版))
年 卷 期:2023年第13卷第8期
页 面:325-334页
学科分类:01[哲学] 0101[哲学-哲学] 010107[哲学-宗教学]
主 题:Giacomo Leopardi Leopardi's philosophical thoughts Leopardi's scientific thoughts epistemological value of science materialism philosophy of Enlightenment metaphysics
摘 要:The essay has two main *** first consists of discussing some literary and philosophical thoughts on the epistemological value of science by one of the most famous and celebrated poets in Italian literature,Giacomo *** poet firmly believes in the cognitive power of science,capable of revealing false beliefs with the light of ***,in his mature reflections,what will radically change will not be the value of scientific activity itself,always admirably accepted,but rather its true salvific *** was not a scientist,but he used the scientific culture of his time to critically address the great existential themes of man concerning nature and the *** had amply demonstrated a scientific culture since his youthful History of Astronomy ,which would reappear in many of his other literary *** deep and meditative reflections on the nature of finite and infinite space and time are a clear and fruitful testimony to ***,Giacomo writes icastically,reason alone is not enough;it needs *** second concerns a first reconstruction of the influence that the philosophy of Enlightenment had on Leopardi’s thought especially in relation to these topics:atheism,rejection of providentialism and anthropocentrism,the conception of nature,the question of the relationship between human and animal intelligence,the rejection of metaphysics,the importance of scientific knowledge.