Ortega y Gasset, philosopher of science

Abstract

Despite having been generally ignored in this field, Ortega y Gasset has a remarkably relevant philosophy of science. It is sufficient to see that in 2006 Ronald Giere, one of the most outstanding current philosophers of science, published a work titled Scientific Perspectivism. This work tries to continue studies about Ortega in this field, from an interpretation of «Vital Reason» based on phenomenology, cognitive psychology and constructivist philosophy of science. In addition to the concomitances found in Dilthey and the hermeneutics in his Philosophy of Human Sciences, and in Popper and Kuhn in the Philosophy of Natural Sciences, I would like to add his affinity with Feyerabend, an author to whom his cultural«Liberalism» brings him close.