Javier Muguerza

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Javier Muguerza Carpintier (born July 7, 1936 in Málaga , † April 10, 2019 in Madrid ) was a Spanish philosopher .

Life

Javier Muguerza studied in Madrid , Frankfurt am Main and New York City . With a thesis on Frege's philosophy and contemporary thought, he received his doctorate in 1965 under Angel Gonzalez Alvarez and was his assistant at the Chair of Ethics at the University of Madrid .

In 1972 he was offered a professorship for Fundamentals of Philosophy at the University of La Laguna in Tenerife . In 1977 he moved to the Chair of Ethics and Sociology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and in 1979 to the Chair of Ethics at the National Open University . From 1986 to 1990 he headed the Institute for Philosophy of the Spanish Science Council. He has been a visiting professor in Mexico City , Chapel Hill (NC) and New York City .

Act

Javier Muguerza's “philosophical socialization” took place “at the turn towards analytical philosophy and its opposition to the traditionalism of the Franco regime. His philosophy was therefore very strongly influenced by the tradition of practical philosophy , which is influential in Spain and which is highly aware of its time-relatedness. He shared the skepticism of many Spanish philosophers against the ultimate justification strategies in the succession of classical German philosophy. On the other hand, Muguerza, alluding to the Spanish Jewish philosopher Maimonides, profiles an ›ethic of uncertainty‹ and ›perplexity‹, which assumes that catastrophes like Auschwitz , the Gulag or Hiroshima are closely linked to modern thinking and consequently consistently positive have disavowed representable concept of reason. Reason can therefore only be asserted today, if at all, practically and in consciousness, even on the basis of this experience that obscures it. ”“ Muguerza, who is less and less willing to accept being classified as an analytical philosopher, has above all in his Confrontation with Jürgen Habermas and John Rawls increasingly turned to ethics . "

Fonts

  • La concepción analítica de la filosofía (1974)
  • La razón sin esperanza (1977)
  • La alternativa del disenso (1988)
  • Desde la perplejidad. Ensayos sobre la ética, la razón y el diálogo (1990)
  • Etica de la incertidumbre (1998)
  • Editor of the Isegoría Journal of Ethics and Scientific Philosophy

In German language

  • Ethics of uncertainty . Translated from the Spanish by Ruth Zimmerling. Alber series Practical Philosophy Vol. 34 Verlag Karl Alber, Freiburg / Munich 1990. ISBN 3-495-47690-3
  • Draft for a new (enlightened) guide for the perplexed (letter to Alicia Axelrod) . In: Volker Rühle (Ed.) Contributions to philosophy from Spain. Translated from the Spanish by Ruth Zimmerling and Volker Rühle. Verlag Karl Alber, Freiburg / Munich 1992. pp. 157-189. ISBN 3-495-47717-9
  • Ed .: Ethics from Uneasiness. 25 years of ethical discussion in Spain . Contributions by Spanish authors on problems of ethics from the last years of the Franco regime to the recovery of democracy up to 1990. Translated from the Spanish by Ruth Zimmerling. Alber series Practical Philosophy Vol. 40. Verlag Karl Alber, Freiburg / Munich 1991. ISBN 3-495-47718-7

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pablo Bujalance: Fallce en Madrid a los 82 años el filósofo malagueño Javier Muguerza. In: Málaga Hoy. April 10, 2019, Retrieved April 10, 2019 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ Here reference by Rühle to the main work of Maimonides brought into play by Muguerza: Leader of the Indecisive .
  3. ↑ Volker Rühle: Contributions to Philosophy from Spain , p. 21
  4. ↑ Volker Rühle: Contributions to Philosophy from Spain , p. 241 f.
personal data
SURNAME Muguerza, Javier
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Muguerza Carpintier, Javier (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Málaga , Spain
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 2019
Place of death Madrid , Spain