Ontologia e tecnica

La filosofia futura tra Vattimo e Severino

Abstract

The following paper aims to outline the relations between ontology and technique in Gianni Vattimo and Emanuele Severino, to indicate the contribution that these two thinkers leave to future philosophy. Vattimo and Severino, two protagonists of contemporary Italian philosophy, offer two totally different ontological accounts. On the one hand, an ontology characterized by the ‘historical nature’ of being and the critique of the traditional notion of truth; on the other, the exposition of the ‘original structure’, whose foundation is the eternity of being as such and which implies the radical critique of the western civilization, which results alienated. The ontological accounts of both philosophers are closely linked to their philosophy of technique and their reflection on the role of politics in technique civilization. Such research can offer important inspiration for thought to understand our world and its future.