Browsing by Author "Ambrosi De la Cadena, Marco Antonio"

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Análisis de la réplica de Frank Jackson a los argumentos antinaturalistas de G. E. Moore
(2018) Márquez Márquez, Daniel Hernán; Ambrosi De la Cadena, Marco Antonio
This paper analyzes and synthesizes several philosophical conceptions that revolve around the possibility and impossibility of defining moral terms from a naturalistic objectivist perspective that is, reducing moral terms to natural events. It discusses and argues for and against subjectivism, relativism and moral objectivism. In addition, the pros and cons of the capture or not of the argument of the open question OQA proposed and developed by Moore is analyzed and evaluated. Also, an exhaustive analysis is made about the naturalistic fallacy and a logical argument is developed that shows the legality of making ethical conclusions from unethical statements, so it is concluded that between the factual and normative there is a link that is not explicit, but implicit. Finally, the author defends his position in favor of a naturalistic objectivism as an ideal and fairer way for humans, either individually or collectively, to resolve or propose solutions to moral problems. The author makes a brief analysis and shows the possibilities and difficulties around the thought of Moore, non-naturalist and Jackson, naturalist.
Análisis estético de la obra de danza. La Consagración de la Primavera desde la teoría de Arthur Schopenhauer
(2019-04-25) Miketta Astudillo, Evelyn Daniela; Ambrosi De la Cadena, Marco Antonio
The present essay analyses the ballet work The rite of Spring from the aesthetic theory and the fundamental concepts used by the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. First, the concepts that the philosopher uses for his aesthetic theory will be described, as they are: will, intuition, contemplation, art, beauty, as well as the end of art as liberation of will. Secondly, a synopsis of the ballet work, along with the different reactions of the spectators in the opening night and the distinction Romanticism and Expressionism in the dance. Finally, the work is analyzed starting from its rupture with the Romantic Movement, through the use of the categories of Schopenhauer applying the elements dance.
La categoría resistencia como política antineoliberal en América Latina después de la caída del muro de Berlín
(2013) Ambrosi De la Cadena, Marco Antonio; Vintimilla Jarrín, Diego Armando; León Pesántez, Catalina Soledad
The present work aims to develop the configuration of spaces of "resistance" in Latin America, after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), which meant the end of the bipolar geopolitical globally, and the global dominance of neoliberalism in the hands of U.S. imperialism. The resistances in Latin America represent various social actors and claims, but all of them come together in an anti-neoliberal program thought from the South; the construction of paradigms rooted in our context is defined as the only possibility of a decent future for humanity. Equally, we propose the "critical resistance" as an epistemological and political attitude of rejection of neoliberalism, which should allow the construction of alternatives against neoliberalism, based in social, political, economic and epistemological criteria. The new political projects, guided by hope, have to recognize the “alterity” as identity of the countries of South, with the idea that "another world is possible".
El zapatismo como ‘resistencia crítica’ al neoliberalismo
(2018) Ambrosi De la Cadena, Marco Antonio
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), in January 1994, carried out an armed uprising in the State of Chiapas-Mexico, with the aim of vindicating the rights and autonomy of indigenous people. This event constituted a historic milestone, in Latin America and in the world, since it signified the resurgence of resistance to neoliberalism and capitalism after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. This article seeks to deepen the analysis of the category of “critical resistance” considering the experience of Zapatismo. The methodology consists on the bibliographic review of specialized literature, documents, declarations, reports and audiovisual material on the EZLN history to review concepts, categories, practices and their international influence, particularly with the Ecuadorian indigenous movement. Finally, our conclusion is that zapatista action can be considered a “critical resistance” because it includes a reinterpretation and revaluation of indigenous concepts, categories, experiences and knowledge, in order to unravel the political, economic and social networks of neoliberalism.
La evolución biológica como fundamento de la ética
(2018) Pazos Freire, Eduardo Esteban; Ambrosi De la Cadena, Marco Antonio
This paper examines the relationship between ethical naturalism and biological evolution. The first section of the article describes biological evolution and its relation with ethical naturalism, which takes into account, as a fundamental premise, the fact that human beings have evolved by means of natural selection. Moreover, the implications of a naturalist metaethics based on biological evolution are analized. These implications of an evolutionary metaethics give rise to the debate concerning the realist and antirealist postures with regard to the existence of moral properties. Finally, a realist metaethics based on biological evolution is endorsed, which remains coherent with ethical naturalism.
Knowledge commons: an alternative to proprietary knowledge
(Universidad de Cuenca, 2017) Ambrosi De la Cadena, Marco Antonio
Intellectual property (IP) has become a crucial factor in scientific knowledge production which is based predominantly on profits and market relations facilitated by Intellectual property rights (IPRs). The result of this production is a ‘proprietary knowledge’, i.e. an over-patented knowledge which cannot be legally used or produced without the right holder’s consent. This work aims to ‘reopen’ the debate about IP recalling the ‘knowledge commons’ argument in order to affirm a diversity of ownership definitions, e.g. individual, multiple, collaborative, communitarian and public. The article introduces a brief analyse about the philosophy underlying IP – from authors such as Locke, Hegel and Marx – for a critical appraisal of theoretical and social aspects of knowledge property. The discussion presented about contemporary IP and its consequences for scientific production, includes the study of a biopiracy case involving the Waoranis, an Ecuadorean indigenous community, as an example of the ‘over-patenting’ of life and knowledge. Thus, in favour of the ‘knowledge commons’ argument, the paradigmatic case about the donation of the malaria vaccine patent is revised to show that it is possible to organise a scientific production guided by alternative criteria. The methodology used was the critical revision of primary bibliography and academic literature.
La mitología como materia del arte en Schelling
(2018) Vázquez Córdova, Mario Agustín; Ambrosi De la Cadena, Marco Antonio
This research is focused on recognizing mythology contents in art; and to identify the problematic relationship between art and mythology base on Schelling’s work. The purpose is to analyze how mythology contributes to the creation of art. This study wants to state a reflection about the development of art from mythology to current time. The myth holds the first human interpretations about the events happened in reality, and how people understood and transformed them in art forms, knowing that this events are the reality and also the culture of this people helping them to define their own development. The Absolute is One and contains the All in itself, it represents the real and the ideal; and only through art is reached the true identity between subject and object. Thus, the Philosophy of Art seeks the essence and knowledge that will be the universal law. The forms of art would respond to the creation of a symbolic world for: subsistence, knowledge protection, and cultural-social organization. The art holds knowledge which demands work and sacrifice, it gives evidence for a transforming spirit. It will be an element for the socialization of a creative nature. This knowledge should be recuperated and treated as cultural contents. Currently, art has become object of commercialization; therefore, this situation distorts the final purpose of art that is passion of creation and the revealing of internal truth as the basis of transformation. Then, cultural knowledge should be considered another way of organizing the development of society.