UNA FILOSOFIA PER L’ETÀ PLANETARIA. EDGAR MORIN E IL RUOLO DEL SOGGETTO NELLA FORMAZIONE

The intervention starts from an anti-Cartesian epistemological turn that took place in the 1900s. Compared to the classic separation of subject / object, over the course of the century of globalization, there has been a progressive introduction of the subject: in physics, biology, medicine, etc. Particularly in medicine, this entailed a reconsideration of the doctor-patient relationship, which led to a transformation of the “paternalistic relationship” into a relationship of “therapeutic alliance”, but also to a “defensive attitude” towards the patient. Something similar, in our opinion, is happening with the introduction of the subject in teaching. This involves a changed relationship between teacher and learner and a reconsideration of the discipline, in particular of philosophy. The attempt is to understand which philosophy and which learning, in this changed context, is possible or desirable.