Toward a philosophy of the act: the book
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36661/2595-4520.2023v6n1.12846Keywords:
Responsiveness, Ethical act, Responsive architectureAbstract
In Toward a Philosophy of the Act, Mikhail Bakhtin presents us with a philosophical dialogue influenced by neo-Kantism and phenomenology. The work is an unfinished essay, in which the author seeks to discuss the division between the world of culture and life, the problems attributed to being and the transitivity of the responsible act, triggering a philosophical turn in relation to contemporary philosophy. For the author, the act can only be considered as real when it is in its entirety, that is, when he participates in the event of his existence, not separating himself from the felt content and the historical reality of the act. Therefore, each thought with its content is a singular act for which we are responsible, this act makes up our life that occurs in a singular way, it is a complex act, this thought will be our responsible act. However, there are two centers around which the architecture of the responsible act is built: the center of the self and the center of the other. Thus, the other ends up implying our decision making, through the value that he attributes to a given experience will be delimiting our responsible action.