Multidisciplinary approach to culture concept

• Main Authors: Pablo M. Testa, Esteban Martínez, Rafael Moreno-Gómez-Toledano, Pablo R. Ayuso, Cristian S. San Segundo
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: CENALTES 2015-05-01
• Series: HYBRIS: Revista de Filosofía
• Subjects: cultura; multidisciplinariedad; antropocentrismo; razón; no-humano
• Online Access: http://revistas.cenaltes.cl/index.php/hybris/article/view/77

The concept of culture, from the western context, has always been based on anthropocentric type axioms that remain today. These paradigms are not been sufficiently questioned, in particular, the boundaries of culture, between human and non-human, that continues being controversial. Disciplines that traditionally have not considered this issue, such as biology or comparative psychology, in recent years have considered this discussion from new perspectives. In the following dissertation we aim to continue these new strategies, combining disciplines such as History, Philosophy, or Biology, from a multidisciplinary approach, in order to contribute to a reinterpretation of the concept "culture", which has traditionally been assumed to be exclusively human