Destructiveness: An Inner Drive of the Human Nature or a Fact of the Social Structure?

According to natural sciences, destructivity is related to the competi tive state of the natural selection. In this sense, nature is considered like a bat tlefield where all creatures only seek for their own survival in an unending rival ry. However, that perception of nature was not invented by natural sciences in sofar as this pseudo-reality of universal conflict was already present in philoso phy as a reflection of the social structure of the 16th and 17th centuries. Scien tists borrowed that vision of nature as they observed the social structure in which they lived as universal and the state of war as an undeniable fact. This ar ticle aims to raise the question about the influence of political philosophy on the scientific paradigm and to understand the political and social source of de structiveness.

Yıkıcılık: İnsan Doğasının Bir İç Kavrayışı mı yoksa Toplumsal Yapının Bir Gerçeği mi?

Doğa bilimlerine göre, yıkıcılık doğal seçilimin rekabetçi durumuyla ilgili dir. Bu anlamda, doğa, bütün canlıların bitmek bilmeyen bir rekabette yalnızca kendi hayatta kalmalarını istedikleri bir savaş alanı gibi düşünülür. Yine de, do ğaya dair bu algı, evrensel çatışmanın bu sahte gerçekliğinin 16. ve 17. yüzyıllara ait sosyal yapının bir yansıması olarak felsefede zaten bulunması dolayısıyla doğa bilimleri tarafından keşfedilmemiştir. Bilim adamları, yaşadıkları toplumsal ya pıyı evrensel olarak ve savaşın durumunu yadsınamaz bir gerçek olarak gözlem ledikleri halde, doğa görüşünü ödünç aldılar. Bu makale, siyaset felsefesinin bi limsel paradigma üzerindeki etkisi hakkındaki sorunu gündeme getirmeyi ve yı kıcılığın siyasi ve sosyal kaynağını anlamayı amaçlamaktadır.

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