El paradigma técnico-científico en la contemporaneidad: Un análisis desde la perspectiva racional-emocional de Martha Nussbaum.

Abstract

The technical-scientific paradigm, a product of modernity, has given a perspective that emphasizes science and technology, while minimizing emotions. From authors such as Locke, Comte, Dennett, a route is traced that transforms the reality of society, constituted thanks to the axiomatization of this paradigm, which derives in the problem of determinism and forms of self-exploitation in the subject. However, Martha Nussbaum in Landscapes of Thought questions how the technical-scientific paradigm has not given the importance that the reason-emotion category deserves, she values the category of emotions and how these are interrelated with reason. This interrelationship is fundamental to the human experience itself, and it is suggested that this axiology be reconsidered in order to change it, if not change it, then complement it. The technical-scientific paradigm operates as a means to an end, resulting in a technical and productive society, but at the same time a society that finds it difficult to manage its emotions and to form upright individuals. According to Nussbaum, emotions play a fundamental role when it comes to political ethical reasoning, which from childhood are essential for the construction of the individual's sense of self. Without this emotional development, human capacity as a political creature will be limited. Therefore, the reflection that arises is that the philosophical tradition, culture, and education must complement the axiomatization that this paradigm brings with it. In addition to positivist and practical values, values for life, such as personal responsibility and well-being, born from a rational-emotional perspective, must be rescued.