Abstract

BELTRAN GARCIA, Iver Armando. It’s necessary for man to commune again with his ideas. Leopoldo Zea’s epistemological and political principles. Sig. Fil [online]. 2020, vol.22, n.44, pp.138-164.  Epub Apr 25, 2022. ISSN 1665-1324.

I analyze Leopoldo Zea’s thinking as a system whose ideas are ultimately based on a certain set of principles; far from having an abstract or deductive nature, it grows through the intense dialogue to biography and history. To attain its goal, this paper interprets the writings of this thinker in the period 1940-1949 and analyzes and articulates his epistemological and political principles, so placing the rational foundations of his philosophy in his chrono-logical beginnings (archaeo-logical method). Because of its theme and method, it has an approach different in respect to the previous contributions of the secondary bibliography, provides elements for an assessment of the Mexican philosopher from the point of view of the basic structure of his thinking, and presents an example of balance between political commitment, relativism, pragmatism and the pursuit for universal knowledge.

Keywords : Leopoldo Zea; pragmatism; relativism; universality; dependence; dialectical assimilation.