Recognition: A Philosophical Problem

A philosophical enquiry into the ideal of respect and its primary conceptual components requires a preliminary understanding of the nature and inner mechanics of recognition. Due to the impossibility of an exhaustive discussion of the philosophical issue of recognition across the history of philosophy, this chapter will confine itself to proposing paths of analysis which touch upon just a few among the most significant positions that have been proposed on this matter. The approach we will adopt combines analytical aspects with historic-philosophical insights. First, we will propose that a pre-philosophical form of recognition may be found in the ethics of ancient Greek aristocracy. Then, we will suggest that a study of recognition can be pursued in two directions:acognitive one, which shows the role played by recognition in epistemic processes aimed at truth, and a practical one, which leads to revised forms of human communication and coexistence.

Un esame delle nozioni di "riconoscimento" e di "rispetto" all'interno di un volume innovativo sulla storia e la teoria della nzoione di rispetto. Gli autori dei differenti saggi sono tra i massimi esperti nel loro settore distudi sul tema del rispetto.