Teleology without Dichotomies: beyond the Separation of Knowledge and Experience

Abstract

This paper aims to show how a teleological model of reality and knowledge can be of aid in order to understand the connection between objective knowledge and subjective experience. The separation between them seems indeed to have been established by an opposite deterministic ontological and epistemological model within modern philosophy, which does not allow to explain the subjective relevance of objective knowledge and the objective relevance of subjective experience. In order to overcome this aporetic dichotomy, the paper will underline the actuality of the Aristotelian teleological conception of knowledge and experience and its heritage especially in contemporary philosophy.

Keywords

• knowledge
• experience
• objectivity
• subjectivity
• teleology
• aristotle
• scientific revolution
• contemporary philosophy
• philosophy