Ilustrando la naturaleza: el lenguaje religioso como experiencia de lo sensible en la construcción de la ciencia en los Andes tropicales del norte
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article, a result of doctoral research, investigates certain conceptualizations, imaginaries, and representations of nature within the context of the emergence of the Enlightenment in the northern tropical Andes, where the territories of present-day Ecuador played a prominent role. This work focuses on the concepts and imaginaries that reveal the meanings associated with the notion of illustrating nature, which encouraged the development of a particular type of knowledge and science. Specifically, the article examines how the produced science in this context was profoundly influenced by an experience in the field of the sensitive, beyond merely utilitarian economic or political purposes. Notably, the sensitive dimension was expressed through religious formulations, which shaped the development of a distinctive science and Enlightenment, different from those of northern Europe, yet achieving significant relevance within the global network of knowledge.
Source: Revista Ciencias Sociales
Author: Ponce Solórzano, Paul Javier
Language: Spanish
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7217950625