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<journal-id>0188-6649</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Tópicos (México)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Tópicos (México)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0188-6649</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Panamericana, Facultad de Filosofía]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0188-66492020000200429</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21555/top.v0i59.1146</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Filosofía, ¿para qué?]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Philosophy: What For?]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Alvargonzález]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[David]]></given-names>
</name>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Oviedo Departamento de Filosofía ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>59</numero>
<fpage>429</fpage>
<lpage>442</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0188-66492020000200429&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0188-66492020000200429&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0188-66492020000200429&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En este artículo daré una respuesta razonada a la pregunta acerca de la utilidad de la filosofía. Empezaré analizando el sentido y la intencionalidad de la pregunta &#8220;filosofía, ¿para qué?&#8221;. A continuación, estudiaré los diferentes significados de la palabra &#8220;filosofía&#8221; en el contexto de esa pregunta (apartado segundo). En el epígrafe tercero, presentaré algunos ejemplos de respuestas a la pregunta &#8220;filosofía, ¿para qué?&#8221; tal como ésta se entiende en una perspectiva histórica y antropológica. A continuación, tomaré en consideración algunos sistemas filosóficos sobresalientes para ver cómo han respondido a la pregunta sobre la utilidad de la filosofía (apartado cuatro). Por último, argumentaré cuál es la respuesta a la pregunta &#8220;filosofía, ¿para qué?&#8221; desde una filosofía materialista estoica del presente (sección cinco).]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract In this paper, I shall present a reasoned answer to the question about the usefulness of philosophy. I start by analyzing the meaning and intentionality of the question &#8220;philosophy: what for?&#8221; Next, I study the different meanings of the word &#8220;philosophy&#8221; in the context of that question (section two). In the third section, I present some examples of certain answers given to the question &#8220;philosophy: what for?&#8221; as they can be studied from a historical and anthropological perspective. Next, I take into ac- count certain outstanding philosophical systems to see how they have answered the question about the usefulness of philosophy (section four). Finally, I argue a reasoned answer to the question from the perspective of a Stoic, materialistic philosophy of the present (section five).]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[utility]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[academic philosophy]]></kwd>
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