TOWARDS A NEW EPISTEMOLOGY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES IN LATIN AMERICA

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.558252203035

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• Abstract:

  This is a theoretical reflection on the classical epistemology of the social sciences, arguing that, based on the natural sciences in Europe, it is not in a position to study the real expression of the lifeworld in Latin America. The construction of the ideas of the human sciences, based on the natural sciences, made this, the human sciences, assume typical ingredients of the natural sciences. It is important to remember some key moments in the historical process of the construction of modern epistemology, giving special attention to the period from the 17th century in Europe, when modern epistemological reflection has its origins and reaches one of its high points at the end of the century. nineteenth century, in the period of emergence and consolidation of industrial society, science and technology. This article analyzes this mismatch between the expression of the practice of life in Latin America and the process of the advent of the precepts of truth and the origin of modern science in Europe.

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