Positivism in Argentina and its scope in Latin America

Authors

  • Norberto Aldo Conti Profesor Titular de Historia de la Psiquiatría, Universidad del Salvador. Docente a cargo de Introducción a la Filosofía, Carrera de Médicos Psiquiatras, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Profesor Titular de Historia de la Psiquiatría I, Instituto Superior de Formación de Postgrado (APSA). Ex-Presidente del Capítulo de Epistemología e Historia de la Psiquiatría (APSA). Jefe de Departamento de Internaciones Psiquiátricas, Hospital José T. Borda (GCBA)

Keywords:

Positivism, Evolutionism, Psychiatry, Psychology, Criminology, Teaching

Abstract

In this paper the historical-epistemological statute of nineteenth-century European positivism is discussed to further develop its scope in the constitution of Science in general and in the conformation of the disciplines tied to the human behavior in the time of the creation of the nation’s institutions in Argentina. The ideological bias that this thinking legitimates in key moments of identity construction, such as the Centenary period, is analyzed. Finally, emphasis is made on the incidence of positivism in other countries in the region observing in every case the same ideological bias found in the Argentinean case, tinged by cultural and socio-political variables.

"Este artículo fue publicado por primera vez en Vertex, Revista Argentina de Psiquiatría 2011, XXII (98): 271-280. Se reproduce aquí su versión original revisada por el autor."

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Published

2020-04-30

How to Cite

Conti, N. A. (2020). Positivism in Argentina and its scope in Latin America. Vertex Revista Argentina De Psiquiatría, 31(150, mar.-abr.), 145–154. Retrieved from https://revistavertex.com.ar/ojs/index.php/vertex/article/view/62

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