Abstract

SANCHEZ RODRIGUEZ, MIGUEL ÁNGEL. Convergences and Divergences between Gaston Bachelard's Winged Rationalism and Ernst Cassirer's Symbolic Idealism. Ideas y Valores [online]. 2015, vol.64, n.159, pp.63-86. ISSN 0120-0062.  https://doi.org/10.15446/ideasyvalores.v64n159.41015.

The article establishes a hermeneutical dialogue between the convergences and divergences of Cassirer's symbolic idealism and Bachelard's winged rationalism. First, on the basis of bio-bibliographical evidence, it reconstructs the context of vital signification in which the authors' respective ideas are rooted; secondly, it identifies the fundamental parallelisms between them; and, finally, it provides examples of Bachelardian terminology that resembles that of contemporary symbolic hermeneutics. This results in a broader understanding Cassirer's analyses of indirect and interpretive thought regarding the relations between man and culture, as well as of the role of the symbol in the shift form nature to culture.

Keywords : G. Bachelard; E. Cassirer; idealism; rationalism.

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