La incondicionalidad condicionada, o de la razón moderna

Abstract

Modern reason seeks absolute certainty or an unconditional foundation for truth. It stands in explicit opposition to all that precedes it, asserting a wholly new beginning. Furthermore, in pursuit of its stated objectives, it develops the method from the subject, a method which must be apodictic and universal. In this quest—experienced as a form of asceticism—the three proposed forms of unconditionality, evidence, and realism fail to deliver fully. The processes through which these partial outcomes are formed are analysed, revealing much about modernity, its mathematical grounding, and the limits that shape it. From this, a dual conclusion is reached regarding modern reason: it requires the presence of empirical content, and its processes are complex and partial. Imagination proves necessary in the ways we comprehend and transform the world. On the one hand, modern reason must acknowledge the historical and real person: who is the subject if not the person? On the other hand, unredeemed, it will persist in its search for an unshakable foundation.