National congresses of philosophy of 1949 and 1971: two milestones in Argentine Philosophy

Abstract

The first two national congresses of philosophy, rare analysed as milestones: the first, as it consolidated the "normalization" of neutral philosophy and the second, for being an expression of a movement criticizing it. In order to draw this profile, alternative sources and new approaches have been used: 1. The testimonies of attendees, or the echoes that reached their students or disciples. 2. Specific historiographical reviews; 3. Remembrance and celebration events. The testimonies analyzed allow us to infer three results; 1) a significant dispersion of the assessment of these congresses (and even the memories); 2) a tendency to visualize the aspects on which the witness agrees or knows best about (at the level of philosophical disciplines, ideas and people) in a positive light, that is, to speak "of what they know"; 3) a certain silencing or omission of potentially conflictive and / or negative aspects, including a reconsideration of the philosophical history, both personal and collective.