Introduction to the dossier: The constitution of the philosophical canon in Argentine universities: mediations, practices and debates.

Abstract

In this dossier we propose to present different works focused on the constitution of the philosophical canon in the teaching of Argentine philosophy in the university framework in the period from the colonial period to the mid-twentieth century. The papers investigate the practices, dynamics and modes of production and transmission of knowledge in the light of the political and social factors that cross and condition the Argentine university. We consider that these circumstances explain to a certain extent the crystallization of the canons of philosophy as philosophy itself was becoming one discipline among others in the university disciplinary spectrum.